View the full article at IranWire.com According to Article 69 of the Iranian Prisons Organization’s regulations, female prison inmates can keep their children with them until the age of two. But in reality, they often stay…
An International Experience from Iran My name is Hamed Farmand, a children’s rights activist and the founder of Children of Imprisoned Parents International (COIPI). COIPI is a US-based nonprofit organization founded in 2014 with a vision…
The night my mom came home after five years in prison, I watched her from a safe and long distance, while siting close to my father. I told myself, “There is no window between us, there…
(Designed for Arlington Public Schools) Effect of Parental Incarceration on Children This workshop was designed to address the needs of Arlington Public Schools in helping their pre-school teachers to understand the effects of parental incarceration on…
When does your calendar start? Monday? Probably. Mine starts on Monday these days. A couple years ago, when I worked at a restaurant and ran my own organization, my calendar started on Wednesday, which was the…
Ever since my teenage years when I started writing in my journal, I dreamed about becoming a famous and world-renowned writer. I would write in my journal three or four times a week about my feelings,…
When I was little, we were trained to keep our family mystery a serious secret. We learned and practiced changing the topic of discussion when people would ask us about our mom. We learned how to…
