CONCORD — The Office of the Child Advocate released its first issue briefing: "Parents Incarcerated in the New Hampshire State Prison System."

About 15,000 New Hampshire children have experienced a parent being incarcerated. Incarceration of a parent is an identified adverse childhood experience with confirmed long-term negative impact on a child’s health and development. The briefing identifies areas of concern, chiefly obstacles to communication, between parents, the Division for Children, Youth and Families’ and the Department of Corrections.

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