Father in Prison Archives - Prison: The Hidden Sentence

Children of Imprisoned Parents International

By Editor / 08/18/2019 / 3 Comments

Hament Farmand: Advocate and Storyteller This is Julia with Prison: The Hidden Sentence ™ , and I’m at the 10th Annual International Prisoner’s Family Conference. I’m here with Hamed Farmand who is an advocate and storyteller. He is founder of Children of Imprisoned Parents International (COIPI). We had a nice opportunity to spend some time together and talk. Listen to the interview: (Edited for Readability) Julia: Hamed, it’s so wonderful to be sitting here with […]

26 Years on the Outside of the Steel Cage – A Daughter’s Story

By Editor / 02/19/2018 / 0 Comments

26 Years on the Outside of the Steel Cage – A Daughter’s Story Today I’m here with La’Jordawn, daughter of Obadyah Ben-Yisrayl, who is serving life in prison. La’Jordawn has never known her father outside of prison. She was born when her father was facing the death penalty which was later commuted to a life sentence. He spent 19 years on death row and has been in prison for 26 years at the time of […]

Career Criminal Dad – Yvonne Part 1

By Editor / 02/05/2017 / 0 Comments

Yvonne’s dad was in and out of prison most of her life. He was a career criminal dad. Yvonne spent many years visiting her dad and taking care of the family when there were no other adults around. This is a two-part interview. The first part will concentrate on the story of her dad going to prison. The second part will tell about her mother’s encounter with the law and how Yvonne had to step […]

Father’s Day in Prison

By Editor / 06/18/2016 / 0 Comments

How Fathers Celebrate Father’s Day in Prison This Father’s Day there will be many children missing their dads. They may be able to visit him in prison if it falls on a visitation day, however others may not have that benefit. Thanks to Google and the non-profit organizations Pops the Club and Place4Grace in California, they created a program for children to send Father’s Day videos to their father’s in prison. The USA Today’s article, Google helps kids […]

Visiting Your Loved One In Prison – What You Should Know

By Editor / 01/19/2015 / 4 Comments

How to Prepare for Visiting Your Loved One in Prison

It’s really difficult to prepare for visiting your loved one in prison because each time could be a little different depending on the facility rules and interpretation by the guards. What will help you prepare is to be ready to expect anything.