In January of 2020, the nonprofit The Contingent launched a program called Know Me Now to facilitate visits for kids with their incarcerated parents. Oregon has more than 14,000 people in prison. An estimated 75 percent of the women incarcerated at the state’s Coffee Creek Correctional Facility are mothers, and more than half of men serving time in Oregon are fathers. During the pandemic, the program quickly retooled and shifted focus to virtual visitations. Hosheman Brown is the director of community engagement for Know Me Now. He says creating strong parent-child relationships is part of creating the pro-social networks that prevent recidivism and support parents’ success when they are released. We talk with Brown and two parents: Antoinette So’Fine, who is a mother currently serving time in the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, and Irvin Hines, a father who was released last year.