This article from the Washington Post describes how families in the US are often separated permanently due to the incarceration of a parent. The article claims that "mothers and fathers who have a child placed in foster care because they are incarcerated — but who have not been accused of child abuse, neglect, endangerment, or even drug or alcohol use — are more likely to have their parental rights terminated than those who physically or sexually assault their kids, according to a Marshall Project analysis of approximately 3 million child-welfare cases nationally." And in about 1 in 8 of these cases, the parents lose their parental rights, "regardless of the seriousness of their offenses."
