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Developing Despite Distance helps young men in Detroit positively develop, despite the distance of their incarcerated parent.
Parental incarceration is real.
We know.
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The facts of American parental incarceration
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2.3 million people are incarcerated
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50% of those in prison are parents
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Almost 5 million children have an incarcerated parent
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10 million children have had an incarcerated parent at some point in their lives
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Developing Despite Distance, a My Brother's Keeper grant winner, is a youth mentoring and letter writing program that supports young men from Detroit who have incarcerated parents.
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