The Problem: Incarcerated Fathers and At Risk Juveniles

The link between the absent or incarcerated father, at-risk children, and incarcerated juveniles are undeniable, well documented and widely acknowledged. Statistics prove that violent criminals are overwhelmingly males who grew up without fathers in the home. For example:

3.5 million children in the United States have a parent behind bars. Children with parents in prison are five (5) times as likely to become incarcerated themselves.

75% of the inmates in San Quentin are from fatherless households, as are 90% of the men on death row in Texas.

Children being raised in fatherless households need mentors and elders to help guide them trough tough times and growing pains. Our prisons are over crowded and have become training grounds for criminals, rather than the rehabilitating system we desperately need. More often than not prison initiates the young inmate into a future of reoccurring incarceration and criminal behavior. Intervention needs to be in place to keep our young offenders out of the prison system. For those who are incarcerated we need to prepare them inmate for life outside the prison walls. Juvenile offenders must be mentored and offered alternative rehabilitative solutions rather then enrollment into the prison systems crime schools which is what happens to most youths who enter the penitentiary system.

The Solution

Working in cooperation with government officials, mental health professionals, and prison officials we intend to establish appropriate and failsafe communication and educational systems that will be a model for a secure and effective rehabilitation system. This virtual training ground is similar to a virtual halfway house for at-risk youth or incarcerated juveniles.

Working within controlled and secure environments incarcerated fathers and juvenile inmates will be able to:

• Be mentored by certified “father figure” role model to create positive self-esteem
• Learn relationship skills to resist negative peer pressure
• Instill moral and societal values
• Communicate with their families over a secure and monitored network
• Participate in electronic courses to complete High School
• Learn a marketable trade and skills

Safety and security for family members and the public-at-large is essential and comes first and foremost. Nevertheless, this process is vital to both our societal welfare and that of the incarcerated individual and their families. Again, the key here is to work in cooperation with government, prison, and professional therapists to create a completely secure private network that the government will approve.