Born Innocent: Protecting the Dependents of Accused Caregivers

Over seven percent of all children in the United States—more than 5 million children—have experienced a parental incarceration, and an estimated 2.7 million children currently have a parent who is incarcerated. An additional 5 million children under age 18 live with at least one parent who is unauthorized to be in the United States and faces deportation. Children and other dependents suffer the collateral consequences of "preventive justice" measures increasingly used by liberal democratic ...