Over 100 Scottish teachers have been to prison since the beginning of 2013 – but not because of any crime they had committed. They have visited Her Majesty’s Prisons Edinburgh and Aberdeen as part of a new initiative, facilitated by Families Outside and the Scottish Prison Service, which aims to help professionals explore the impact that the … Read More
Year: 2013
Support for young parents in prison
Thanks to a grant of £1.3million in funding from the Lottery Bright New Futures programme and the Ministry of Justice, Pact will support over 2,140 young parents aged 18-25 imprisoned in HMP Cardiff, Swansea, with work also planned for Usk/Prescoed. The Supporting Young Parents in Prison project will provide casework support, parenting programmes and support for parents … Read More
Older Prisoners – double layer of invisibility
Older prisoners are the fastest-growing population in England and Wales, which is why Action for Prisoners Families (APF) decided to focus on the needs of their families in its most recent seminar. The event raised a host of interesting questions. Families of older prisoners seem to be enveloped in a double layer of invisibility. Anecdotally, it seems … Read More
Think Family
In October 2011 the Review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service was published with some 40 recommendations aimed at refreshing, modernising and ensuring the service was fit for purpose into the 21st century. An update regarding this from Eurochips’ member NIACRO The Review recommended “an early retirement scheme which allows a significant number of staff … Read More
Not my Crime Still my Sentence Campaign – Updates from Families Outside
With European Prisoners’ Children Campaign now becoming an established event for the month of June, Families Outside have been able to plan targeted events to raise awareness of the issues and encourage signatures to the petition for the European Parliament via Not My Crime, Still My Sentence. This year, such events included two screenings of the US documentary … Read More
Final Report from COPING research launched 9 July
This month, the Final Report for the recently completed EU-funded FP7 Framework research study Children of Prisoners: Interventions and Mitigations to Strengthen Mental Health (COPING) was launched. The research represents a milestone for children of prisoners. Engaging over 1,500 children, care-givers, imprisoned parents and stakeholders across four focus countries (Germany, Romania, Sweden, UK) as active research participants, … Read More
University of Huddersfield hosts ‘School Information Day’
The University of Huddersfield held an innovative day-long ‘Schools Information Day: Children of Prisoners’ on April 27th. The event was led by Pr. Adele Jones, director of the Centre for Applied Childhood Studies, and spotlighted professionals discussing the needs of children with imprisoned parents. The event highlighted preliminary COPING research findings in terms of results … Read More
Not my Crime, Still my Sentence Campaign
The 2013 Not my Crime, Still my Sentence campaign has been in full swing for 3 weeks now and the Eurochips team is in need of help from individuals and organisations to gain more signatures to be sent to Jean Lambert, MEP London. The petition has gathered 877 signatures, which is far from the targeted … Read More
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