When parents go to jail, children are the hidden victims
About 14% of children in Dallas County have parents who are incarcerated.
Denise Ewing sits with her grandson Sincere Ewing, 14. Through the program Keeping Families Connected, Sincere is able to visit with his father, who is incarcerated. Latitia Scott, founder of Keeping Families Connected, has been driving Sincere to Huntsville to visit his dad periodically for the last few years. The organization provides children rides to visit their parents in prison, up to four hours away. Scott and her volunteers rent luxury cars for the day, buy the children breakfast and lunch along the way, and provide money for the children to get vending machine snacks during the prison visits. Scott said Denise Ewing makes sure Sincere participates in the mentoring and counseling programs the Dallas nonprofit offers, as well.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)