CT Children with Incarcerated Parents Initiative

Connecticut Becomes First State to Provide Free Calls from Prison

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill on Wednesday that makes phone calls from prisons free for incarcerated people and their loved ones. Connecticut is the first state to do so.

Children with Incarcerated Parents

We strategically work to improve the quality of supports for children with incarcerated parents by using the various data and knowledge it gains to inform public policy and practice.

COVID-19 Update

During the state's response to COVID-19, and the CTDOCs' temporary stop to visits at correctional facilities, CTDOC is offering each incarcerated individual 8 free phone calls a month. The free calls are uploaded automatically each month by Securus. To use the free calls, an incarcerated person would follow the same process that they would when making calls that their family/friends have paid for. The first 8 calls each month will be free during this temporary stop to visits.

Children with Incarcerated

Parents Initiative (CTCIP)

Did you know?

1 in 14 U.S. children have had a parent who lives with them go to jail or prison.

That is more than 1 million children.

Scholarships for

CIP students

Children with Incarcerated Parents (CIP)

Scholarship for UCONN Students