Since 2014, Bambinisenzasbarre has organised La partita con papà—a football match played by children and their imprisoned fathers held annually in 70 detention centres across Italy. Organised in collaboration with Italy’s National Penitentiary Administration, the event unites around 2,900 children and 1,700 fathers, bringing families together in an attempt to humanise the experience of imprisonment … Read more
The Families on Release (FOR) project, delivered by POPS, was commissioned by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to provide support to families of prisoners returning to the Greater Manchester area. This support package lasted up to 8 weeks and complimented the through-the-gate support provided to the prisoner by probation and youth justice services. POPS’ … Read more
NIACRO’s visitor centres aim to keep families and their loved ones in prison connected. They provide information to families and children, as well as guidelines for families. During the pandemic, the visitors centres had to adapt to the context. They did so by reaching out into the communities and linking the family and loved ones … Read more
Swedish organisation Solrosen has produced a play on the experience of having a parent in prison. Solrosen was contacted by a theatre group in Stockholm, whose leader grew up with a parent in prison. Together, they created a play on parental imprisonment. Several schools have agreed to have the play performed in their schools. After … Read more
This project was first launched in Poland in 2014. It is a rehabilitation programme that aims for the social readaptation of prisoner-parents. It focuses on family integration and a positive child-parent relationship. 50 prisoner-parents held in the prisons of the Małopolska region recorded a message or a story for their child(ren) on a CD. The … Read more
Video visits and mobile phones were available starting the end of the month of June 2020 to people held in every prison in Scotland for the first time. Uptake has not been high, however, and Families Outside is currently undertaking research on behalf of the Scottish Prison Service to understand the barriers to uptake of … Read more
In order to allow the families that they work with to share their experiences, Children Heard and Seen has developed two innovative collections of poems and drawings from the families themselves. These collections include over 60 entries. They were compiled into two books that were sent to MPs, Prison Governors, and High Sheriffs across the … Read more
Children Heard and Seen has developed a workbook containing guided exercises for children. During their one-to-one sessions with the organisation’s staff, children are invited to complete the guided exercises. They cover each stage of the custodial sentence and are designed to help children process feelings and share their hopes. Children Heard and Seen introduced their … Read more
The Angel Tree is a nationwide project launched in 2011 across the Czech Republic aiming to guarantee that every child with a parent in prison receives a gift for Christmas. The project specifically targets children whose parents do not have the financial means to buy them a Christmas gift. This year, 1,500 volunteers participated in … Read more
During the week of 9 August 2020, the Czech Prison Fellowship organised a summer camp, “Angel Camp”, addressed to children with a parent in prison in Hrachov. The camp aimed to support children and provide a safe space to talk about their experience of having a parent in prison. During the day, children were offered … Read more
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