Program created by incarcerated fathers at Graterford, for incarcerated fathers

Inside a Philadelphia Prison, a Parenting Movement Grows

On the morning of June 25, 2007, Sam, an inmate at Graterford – a maximum security prison less than an hour’s drive from Philadelphia – was feeling pretty good about himself. A few months earlier, he had participated in a first-of-its-kind telecast to more than 3,000 urban youth gathered together at Community College of Philadelphia.