Mentoring

Texas has some of the safest cities in the US — but the fourth highest incarceration rate of any state. In part, this is because it was one of the first states to establish a “three strikes” law, which (combined with the disastrous “war on drugs”) helped triple the prison population during the 80s and 90s. Things are getting better now, but there’s still a long way to go. In the mean time, it’s conservatively estimated that over 4,600 children in Travis County alone have an incarcerated parent.