Why This Prison Created Father-Daughter Dances for Inmates

This dapper father-daughter dance isn’t your ordinary formal affair—because it takes place in prison.

As a means of encouraging inmates to turn their lives around, the Richmond City Justice Center of Virginia hosted a dance for their convicted fathers and younger daughters.

The dances also helps the families stay closer and connected while the dads are serving time.

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In order to qualify for attendance at the dance, the dads also had to participate in over 30 hours of parenting classes.

This most recent dance marked the 6th annual daddy-daughter dance at the Richmond facility.

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