Being an inmate in prison is an experience that implies emotional, relational and cultural isolation. This contributes to the damage on family relationships. Maintaining social relationships with restrictions implied by the detention is not easy. In literature is shown that the sentence execution has effects on the fundamental right of personality protection and parenting. Parents often experience a feeling of failure and inadequacy because the detention prevent from practicing and experiencing the parenting. The inter-relation between family dynamics and phases of the sentence execution are extremely complex. The former represent a critic moment for the inmate but also for their family. According to the authors practicing and safeguarding the parenting of inmates are important additional values for the programs of re-education and treatment of inmates
