15th April 2005 In response to a report entitled “Poverty and Disadvantage Among Prisoners’ Families,” released in May by The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, charities in the UK are appealing to government departments to coordinate their action to respond to the plight of the estimated 150,000 children a … Read more
15th April 2005 The Milan-based association Bambinisenzasbarre (BSS), a Eurochips member, is working in collaboration with San Vittore Prison to organize a new prison visits booking scheme for children with imprisoned parents. In May 2004, BSS opened the Stanza Verde, a child-friendly space in Milan’s Science and Technology Museum near San Vittore Prison where children … Read more
4th April 2005 A seminar entitled “Prévention et l’intervention face à la criminalité” (Crime Prevention and Intervention) is being held 20-22 April, 2005, in Orford , Quebec . Organized by the SABD (Services d’Aide Bruno Dandenault), CIVAS (Centre d’Intervention en Violence et Abus Sexuels de l’Estrie) and Regroupement des Intervenants en Matière d’Agression Sexuelle, the … Read more
15th February 2005 A Bernard van Leer Foundation European partners meeting entitled “Pulling up another chair” was held in London in February 2005, bringing together projects focusing on children’s participation from eight countries to exchange information, discuss how children from birth to age 8 are taking part in matters that affect their lives, identify some … Read more
24th November 2004 Cranstoun Drug Services and the European Network on Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prison launched an in-depth report entitled “Substitution Treatment in European Prisons” in the European Parliament on November 24. Focusing on the policies and practices of 18 European countries, the report highlights the obstacles to introducing substitution treatment into prisons … Read more
31st October 2004 A new association working on behalf of children with imprisoned parents was launched October 31 in Glasgow , Scotland . H.A.P.P.Y. (Help and Protect Prisoners’ Youngsters), an information and support services organization that aims to be a voice for prisoners’ children, was set up by two young women who have experienced the … Read more
18th October 2004 The Swedish Prison and Probation Service issued a series of orders on September 15 in response to a Spring 2004 report on prisoners’ children released by the Children’s Ombudsman. The report, entitled “Do not punish the children,” maintained that conditions for children with incarcerated parents in Sweden were unacceptable in many ways … Read more
15th October 2004 In mid-October, an initiative was launched in the Netherlands to have volunteers from the Exodus Foundation accompany children on prison visits to imprisoned fathers, as part of an extended visits program operating in four of the nation’s prisons: De Geerhorst, Roermond, Rotterdam and Krimpen a/d IJssel. Approximately seventeen volunteers are now accompanying … Read more
2nd October 2004 The association Bambinisenzasbarre organized a two-day training course in Milan on September 9-10, 2004 entitled “The Impact of Imprisonment on Family Ties”. The event, a Eurochips initiative, was supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation in The Hague in collaboration with the Fédération des Relais Enfants Parents (FREP) in France . It … Read more
2nd October 2004 During the recent ad hoc Conference of Directors of Prison Administration (CDPA) and Probation Service, organized jointly by the Council of Europe and the Italian Ministry of Justice in November, the European Committee for Children of Imprisoned Parents (EUROCHIPS) made a series of recommendations in light of the updating of the European … Read more
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