Stories by Nell Bernstein

Excerpt: All Alone in the World

Posted on Nov 15, 2005, Source: AlterNet

With their parents arrested, these children were left to fend for themselves.

The Drug War's Littlest Victims

Posted on Nov 4, 2002, Source: Salon

Measures to put drug abusers in rehab instead of jail could rescue their kids from the cycle of addiction, foster care and crime.

Punishment for the Whole Family

Posted on May 8, 2002, Source: Salon

California prison officials want to prohibit parents convicted of drug offenses from touching their children -- even infants and toddlers -- for one year.