In this segment of the latest Legal Lens podcast episode, attorney Lauren Guth Barnes, Acting CEO of Public Justice, and I talk about something deeply human: the ability of families to stay connected when a loved one is behind bars, aka “The Right to Hug” laws and initiatives 🔍
We discuss the visitation ban in many of the nation’s jails that limit the ability of jailed loved ones to directly see and engage with their visiting loved ones. This is especially pressing in situations where parents or minors are jailed and they are not able to see each other directly, only through a computer screen. Statistics show that a child or teen who does not have loving interaction with their parents while growing up impacts them for a lifetime.
Lauren discusses the success of Public Justice’s work in this area and the continued work to do.
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