It’s a new way to visit Dad.

Prisoner Tyrone Patterson hugs his daughters Justice and Za'Rayih during a family dance night in Connecticut. (AP)
Gregory Canepa is in prison. Here, he watches his son, Gregory Jr., at a family event inside the Willard Cybulski prison. (AP)
Inmate Christopher Brown watches his daughter Chloe during a family dance at a prison in Enfield, Connecticut. (AP)
Taylor Webb colors while her father, inmate Paul Webb, watches. (AP)
Michael Hudson dances with his son Malakhi and daughter Mesiah during an event that helps prisoners become better parents. (AP)

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Kids can visit their dads in prison. Most times there is a glass window between them.

Not here. Kids hug their dads. They play games and read stories.

This jail wants men to be good dads. It lets families be together. It is a happy time.

READ MORE: Some prisons and jails in Connecticut, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin are trying out a new idea: Let moms and dads who are in jail hold and play with their kids. Most of them soon will be out of jail. This time helps them learn how to be better parents. It lets the adults and kids have fun together. That will help everyone when the parent goes home. The book of 1 John 3:1 tells us, “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God.”