The Czech Helsinki Committee has been successful in advocating for children’s rights to visit a parent in prison and are now holding days for assisted prison visits. These visits include children in foster care. Many of these visits are to female prisons and in these cases, mothers get to meet and have lunch with their … Read more
In France, Relais Enfants Parents (REP) and the Federation REP, hold visits for children of prisoners, mothers and fathers. They do so through a system of volunteers who accompany the children to the prisons. These volunteers are not prison-based and are trained before accompanying the children. This is done to give children a chance to … Read more
Parenting Matters is a project that has been working in Northern Ireland prisons since 1996. It offers support to parents in custody as well as children and families in the community. They work inside prison with parents in custody at HMP Maghaberry and Magilligan and HMP Hydebank Wood women’s prison and young offenders centre. Their … Read more
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