Prisoners’ Families Helpline

February 16, 2003

16th February 2003 Action for Prisoners’ Families is continuing its free hotline for prisoners’ families, funded by the Community Fund in the United Kingdom . The service provides information and support to relatives and friends of anyone incarcerated in England and Wales on such issues as visiting rights, how the prison system operates and how … Read More

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Initiative to maintain child-parent ties

February 15, 2003

15th February 2003 A new initiative to maintain child-parent ties for imprisoned mothers and father in Luxembourg is now under way in that country. Launched in 1996 to provide community-based structures to facilitate child-parent relationships, Service Treff-Punkt has extended its work into the Centre Pénitentiaire Luxembourg on behalf of children separated from imprisoned parents. They … Read More

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