The following articles explore the issues of incarcerated parents and their children.
Prisoners and Families: Parenting Issues During Incarceration - J. Creasie Finney Hairston, published by the Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/publications/410628.html
Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry - Jeremy Travis, Elizabeth Cincotta McBride, and Amy L. Soloman, published by the Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/publications/310882.html
"In Prisoners' Wake, a Tide of Troubled Kids" - Erik Eckholm, published by the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/us/05prison.html
Children of Incarcerated Parents Use DSHS Services at Very High Rates, published by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/ms/rda/research/11/138.pdf