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Monday, September 21, 2009

Prison dads try to break cycle

CHESHIRE, Conn.—When prison inmate Jordan Rambert, 19, contemplates his 2-year-old son's future, he imagines they are close and his son doesn't get into trouble.

Rambert, who is from New Haven, is serving 3 1/2 years at Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire for drug possession. At the prison, he has been taking a course on how to be a good parent.

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