Approximately half of Australia’s prisoners are parents. So how do they maintain a relationship with their kids while they’re inside?

ABC Radio National EarshotThe simple act of reading a bedtime story to a child is impossible if the parent is in prison – unless you’re a RAD Dad

Through the program prisoners have access to a range of children’s books, they are then recorded reading the books aloud and then the recordings are sent out to their children.

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