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Corner offices don't stay vacant for long; the board organizes a search committee even before the fired CEO departs with a large payout. Lucent is looking for a boss with a technical background and experience in rationalizing businesses. The pay is great, the perks are plentiful, and you get your very own jet. Just don't have the seat pillows monogrammed...
...past two decades. Of the more than 149,000 female inmates currently in local jails and state and federal penitentiaries, 70% have at least one child under 18. Since these mothers are often the sole provider for their children, the impact on their kids can be devastating. They get shuttled off to live with relatives or sent to foster homes. Studies show that kids with incarcerated mothers are more likely to refuse to eat, wet their beds and do poorly in school. "Not enough attention is being paid to the trauma on these kids," says Ann Jacobs, executive director...
...better for an infant to be raised in prison, just to be near the mother? No one has studied the long-term effect on kids who spend their early months behind bars, though some initial research suggests that babies don't develop as well there because they don't get the kind of attention and stimulation they need. There are also concerns about children's safety in prisons, which are often not adequately childproof, and about the availability of adequate medical care. Then there are the potential long-term psychological effects. "Our concern is that kids will think prison...
...burden of raising kids of imprisoned moms often falls on the frail shoulders of elderly relatives. Tiffany Barrett's grandmother has cancer, yet she has been taking care of Barrett's two kids while undergoing chemotherapy treatment. "She's told me I better hurry up and get out of here because she doesn't know how much longer she can hold out," says Barrett, 23, who has served three years on drug charges at Hernando Correctional in Florida. She rides the bus to Reading Family Ties in Miami once a month so Chevas, 6, and Chev'Qavia, 4, can have...
...California sentences some nonviolent female drug offenders to Family Foundations, a community-based residential drug-treatment program. In Santa Fe Springs, Calif., female inmates live in what resembles a converted school building with their children up to age six. "You're not just another number where you're not getting any help," says Sarah Ambrosini, 29, who lives there with her two sons, ages four months and 16 months. The program is expensive, averaging $40,000 a year per inmate, compared with $25,000 in a regular prison. But since families stay together, fewer kids wind up in foster care...