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February 19, 2005
The story of "Antonio"
ANTONIO, 23:
"When I was four years old, my mother started doing drugs. She started going to prison when I was seven years old. That's when we first got taken from her. Her friends took me to Social Services, dropped me off, and left me there.
I have been in about 18 different group homes since then, and three or four foster homes. I don't care how bad whatever we were going through, I still wanted to be with my mom.
One foster home I was in, I called the lady there my grandmother, cause she always took care of me by making sure I got in touch with my mom. Even if she was calling collect, she could call there. My grandmother knew that mattered in my life.
The other places, they just didn't care"
Excerpt from: San Francisco Partnership for Incarcerated Parents "Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of Rights"
Posted by fairlaws4families at February 19, 2005 03:53 PM
