A child who has been receiving support from FFP was asked to present on the topic “My favourite criminal” in English class. While other children presented on Robin Hood and others, she decided to talk about her father. Her story was so powerful that the film production company Sanden Media turned her presentation into a … Read More
Statistics Norway
Prison population total and prison rate per 100,000 are retrieved from Aebi, M. F., Cocco, E., Molnar, L. & Tiago, M. M., (2022). SPACE I – 2021 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Table 7.Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned parent: extrapolation based on Champsaur, P., … Read More
FFP Minority Social Workers
For Fangers Pårørende (FFP) has for a long time wanted to do more to meet the needs of families of foreign nationals and minority ethnic prisoners. In 2014, FFP received funding for their Minority Ethnic Project, and employed a Minority Counselor. The goal of the project is to reach out to the families of minority … Read More
FFP Behind the Wall Exhibition
For Fangers Pårørende (FFP) put on an exhibition called Behind the Wall. This was a photography project for children with parents in prison in Norway. A group of young people with parents in prison were allowed to take pictures in Ullersmo, a high-security prison outside of Oslo. The children were given photography lessons and a … Read More