Light in the Darkness with


the Forgotten: Using Play in Prison as a Pathway to Relationship and Self-Development


| KEVIN HULL, PHD, LMHC, RPT, CGP O


f the estimated 2.3 million Americans who are incarcerated,              United States had an incarcerated parent (Cochran et al.,


   American fathers are currently in the United States prison system (Drug War Facts, 2013). Due to yearly cuts in federal funding (Thompson &  receive any type of counseling in the form of parenting or guidance in the   


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 


 in the form of re-entering the family unit and rebuilding relationships with            successfully re-enter the family unit is one of the factors that contributes           incarcerated parents ignored fathers and observed that fathers represent 


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