Ann Arbor-based Staying in Closer Touch was founded in 2002 to strengthen the bond between incarcerated parents and their child through reading. Volunteers visit incarceration sites in Washtenaw County weekly to audiotape inmates reading a children’s book to their child or grandchild. The readers are mothers, fathers, grandmothers, and grandfathers. The audiotapes and books are then mailed to the children. Studies show that recidivism rates go down when the incarcerated maintain relationships with their families and children.
Staying in Closer Touch
Ann Arbor-based Staying in Closer Touch was founded in 2002 to strengthen the bond between incarcerated parents and their child through reading.
