The Challenge of Stigma is a new initiative led by COPE, exploring how stigma affects children who have a parent in prison and how creative activities can help challenge it. Through three art-based projects piloted by COPE members in France, Spain and Poland, children will…
We know that cross-sectoral collaboration is needed so that children are considered from the moment of a parent’s arrest through to their sentencing, imprisonment and reintegration. Yet achieving interconnected coordinated action requires…
The third edition of the European Game with Mum & Dad (GWMD) project officially kicked off at Rapotice Prison in Czechia on 30 May 2026 and then at Brno on 6 June.
The new Act on Temporary Enforcement Abroad entered into force on 3 July 2026. Under the agreement, Swedish prisoners transferred to Estonia will serve their sentences in Estonian prisons under…
In Poland, more than 90,000 children* are growing up separated from a parent in prison, often without consistent or coordinated support. A new Charter signed on 19 March 2026 in Kraków aims to change that by placing their needs more firmly on the agenda of public institutions and…
Read the latest volume of the European Journal of Parental Imprisonment, a publication that brings together research and practice insights from across Europe to inform policy, services and advocacy.
In a powerful step toward more child-sensitive prison practice, two closely linked interactive workshops brought prison officers from across Greece together this December to focus on the rights and well-being of children visiting a parent in prison and to reflect on their own experiences…
Ensuring that children remain protected, supported and meaningfully connected when a parent is imprisoned requires more than isolated actions by individual institutions. It demands coordinated responses across justice, prison, child protection and social services…
