The Prison Alphabet: An Educational Coloring Book for Children of Incarcerated Parents (Project Iron Kids)
Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad is an assistant professor of criminology at Howard University in Washington, DC.  Bahiyyah has interviewed more than 500 children of the incarcerated and presented her research findings throughout the nation.  Dr. Muhammad’s ethnographic dissertation titled “Exploring the Silence Among Children of Prisoners” was groundbreaking in that it provided a well-rounded picture of the experiences of children in their own words.   Most recently, Mrs. Muhammad is working as Principle Investigator on a research project titled “Far From The Tree:  Resilient Children of Incarcerated Parents”.  This project highlights the remarkable experiences among children and young adults who have managed to succeed in light of parental incarceration.  This study depicts real-world examples of children Dr. Muhammad defines as being Iron Kids.  Muntaquim Muhammad is an international philanthropist who has spent his life working to promote the welfare of impoverished children from Newark, New Jersey to Guguletu, South Africa.  Currently, Muntaquim works as Road Manager to actor Michael K. Williams, known as Omar on HBO’s The Wire and Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire.  Throughout Mr. Muhammad’s lifetime, he has aided children in Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Prague, Cape Town, and Dubai.  Most recently, Muntaquim is working alongside his wife Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad with Freedom Productions to create a documentary film about children of incarcerated parents.  Mr. and Mrs. Muhammad’s next book “100 Questions Children of Incarcerated Parents Ask” will be published Spring 2014.