After the adoption of Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member States concerning children with imprisoned parents in April 2018, organisations across Europe worked with children, including their voices to make this milestone document more accessible. This set of European guidelines is designed to help encourage action, as well as being a useful resource for children, parents and professionals, to better support children with a parent in prison, advocate for and promote their rights.
Article 17. Children should be allowed to visit their parent in prison within a week of them going to prison. Child-friendly visits should be allowed at least once a week. For very young children shorter, more regular visits during the week should be available.
Article 44. When parents come out of prison, everybody, including the people in charge in the prison, and in the community, should help them be positive and active parents for their children.