28th March 2011 Eurochips is gearing up for the second edition of the European Prisoners’ Children Awareness Week campaign which is now underway for 2011. The general message of the campaign is that the issue of prisoners’ children is a public health issue, and specific attention needs to be paid to the repercussions of parental … Read More
Year: 2011
Niacro becomes a Eurochips member
15th March 2011 NIACRO, the Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders, is an NGO providing a range of services to people and communities affected by crime and recently joined the Eurochips network. NIACRO works with children and young offenders, with adult offenders, ex-prisoners, prisoners and their families children. NIACRO seeks to … Read More
How volunteers can make a difference
10th March 2011 Eurochips member Exodus is a Holland-based organisation which focuses on the resocialisation and rehabilitation of ex-convicts, aiming to assist former detainees in their return to normal life, and thereby preventing a relapse into a criminal lifestyle. The organisation began its work in 1981 with a housing- and employment-programme. Over the years … Read More
Eurochips participates in EXOCoP Workshop
5th March 2011 Eurochips’ Board member Kate Philbrick represented the Eurochips Network as external expert at the EXOCoP workshop Family relationship & Resettlement, on the rehabilitation of offenders which took place in Ljubljana from March 1-2 2011 and shares her experiences from the event. It was a privilege to represent Eurochips as an external expert … Read More
Eurochips launches new art event on March 15th in Paris
3rd March 2011 Eurochips has the honour and pleasure to announce that Ms. DOMINIQUE VERSINI, Ombudsman for children in France and Mr. CHRISTIAN Le ROUX, Representative of the Mediateur de la Republique, have both accepted our invitation and will attend Eurochips new art event March 15th, 2011 in Paris. … Read More
Children of Imprisoned Parents
Dr. Maria (Ria) Wolleswinkel’s “Children of Imprisoned Parents” is a fundamental text for COPE, providing a legal perspective imbued with psychological and social context. Dr. Wolleswinkel is Associate Professor of Women and Law at Maastricht University. She is a member of the university’s Department on Criminal Law and Criminology and Research School on Human Rights. … Read More