Provides numbers to support the race ratio of children affected by incarceration. The quantitative study outlines the level of education achieved. Although the research focuses more on parents, it is a direct reflection on children who suffer; especially poor black children living in urban cities. The statistical review of Kansas law addresses many elements of mass incarceration; family life, marriage, education, school dropout rate, stigma and do not show a decline. However, the study exemplifies the need for changes in systems that incarcerate at alarming rates; systems that do not take into account children's persistent side effects