San Francisco DA claims ‘vast majority’ of Americans have had family behind bars

Researchers defined immediate family in their study as “parents; brothers; sisters; children; and your current spouse, current romantic partner, or anyone else you have had a child with” and “step, foster, and adoptive family members.” They defined extended relatives as “family members you feel close with,” including “grandparents, grandchildren, cousins, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, godparents, mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, and other family members.”