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Year: 2013
Special edition Justice for Children of Prisoners newsletters
In Autumn 2013 we began an EU-funded project to compile a series of four newsletters focused on justice for children of prisoners. The themes of the newsletters were as follows: Prisons across Europe: National focuses on protocols relating to children of prisoners Prisons visits & families: Impacts, successes & struggles Police, judges & sentencing: Arrests, … Read More
Justice for children of prisoners: Special edition newsletters released
In June 2013, we received the news that our proposal had been selected for an operating grant from Fundamental Rights and Citizienship progrem from the European Commission. One of the projects that fell within the grant was the compilation of a series of 4 newsletters centred around the theme “justice for children of prisoners”. The … Read More
Children of Imprisoned Parents: Report with the Danish Institute for Human Rights
In May 2011, Children of Prisoners Europe (at that time Eurochips) and the Danish Institute for Human Rights hosted an exhibition of children’s art on the theme of parental imprisonment, alongside specially commissioned, powerful sculptures by Mieke Vase, a Paris-based Dutch artist, in an open gallery space within the European Parliament. The exhibition helped draw … Read More
The COPING Project
The Children of Prisoners: Interventions and Mitigations to Strengthen Mental Health (COPING) project is the Children of Prisoners Europe network’s major accomplishment to date. From January 2010 – 2012, the EU-research study co-founded by the EU Commission was a child-centred project, which investigated the resilience and vulnerability to mental health problems of children of imprisoned … Read More
NIACRO welcomes new Prisoner Ombudsman connecting with families
26 July 2013 On 1st July, the Forum for Families of People in Prison held its inaugural meeting in the University of Ulster and invited Tom McGonigle, who assumed the post of Prisoner Ombudsman on 1st June, to attend and meet with families. The event, co-facilitated by NIACRO and the University, was a chance for … Read More
Booktrust ACE stories tour in partnership with Pact
Pact is working with Booktrust to Support rehabilitation and promote respect and equality through family ties, the arts and literacy. This exciting new project funded by the Arts Council aims to bring live literature to people who do not ordinarily access the arts, including the children and families of people in prison. It will take … Read More
The power of film to change lives
The power of film to change lives: a personal perspective on the Mothers of Bedford documentary, contributed by Sarah Roberts of Families Outside. There are two films that have changed my life: I had to stop myself standing up at the end of Dead Poets Society and joining in with the pledges of “O Captain, … Read More
When a parent is imprisoned, what is the impact on the child?
A contribution from Kate Philbrick on her participation in the panel discussion at Strathclyde University in Glasgow organised by the Centre for Law, Crime, and Justice on the definition of ‘primary consideration’ and what it means for children of prisoners. When a parent is imprisoned, what is the impact on the child? As a signatory … Read More
Time to Connect
PACT, theThe Prison Advice and Care Trust’s Time to Connect parenting programme has been introduced into Wormwood Scrubs men’s prison (from November 2012) and Bronzefield women’s prison (from February 2013), giving even more prisoners the chance to strengthen their relationships with their children. The moments in our lives that we may take for granted mean so much … Read More
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