Parental Incarceration and the Family Henry The poems are staging posts

The poems are staging posts in a visionary account of the human predicament

this coast-to-coast route heads north up the Cumbrian coast to reach the Solway AONB before crossing northern England along Hadrian's Wall and into Northumberland

and cultural humility

there has been increasing concentration on population dynamics

a massive siphoning of the safety net is occurring behind the scenes

Parental Incarceration and the Family Henry The poems are staging postsOver 2% of U. S. children under the age of 18 more than 1,700,000 children have a parent in prison. These children experience very real disadvantages when compared to their peers: they tend to experience lower levels of educational success, social exclusion, and even a higher likelihood of their own future incarceration. Meanwhile, their new caregivers have to adjust to their new responsibilities as their lives change overnight, and the incarcerated