More than 81,000 children have a parent in prison in PA

By Emily DeMarco | PublicSource | March 5, 2014

When she was a baby, Kayla Bowyer of Pittsburgh was adopted by her grandparents because her mother was in and out of Allegheny County Jail. Her grandfather died when she was 10 and her ‘Grams’ had to go to work to support Bowyer, her younger brother and three cousins. Though the presence of adults in her home changed, she was not alone.