In Finland, a new prison for women opened in November 2020 that features the installation of a smart system, with the aim of promoting a new approach to imprisonment that fosters rehabilitation, education and reintegration through access to digital services. Each prisoner will have access to a personal cell terminal (laptop) that can be used … Read more
In cooperation with the University of Utrecht, Exodus offers parenting training programmes for fathers imprisoned in 18 prisons throughout the Netherlands, benefitting some 120 fathers and their children through eight sessions held once a week. The goal of these sessions is to contribute to the recovery and development of the relationship between parent and child … Read more
Through collaboration with the prison administration in Limerick, Ireland, Bedford Row Family Project has helped to introduce a Parenting Under Pressure programme for mothers imprisoned at Limerick Prison. Originally developed in Australia and implemented internationally, Parenting Under Pressure is devised to help ‘multi-problem high-risk families’ with children between two and eight years of age towards … Read more
In November 2020, COPE member in Finland KRITS published a book for children age 3-8 to help them cope with the emotions related to having a parent in prison. The books are distributed free of charge to children with an imprisoned parent, to professionals working with these children and their families, including NGOs and the … Read more
The programme TAKT was launched in the Nuremberg area. It’s main focus is on sensitivity training for prison staff (prison officers and social workers), school environments (teachers and social workers), and teaching modules about children of prisoners for classroom discussion. The programme comes out of a group of interviews from a COPING study in which … Read more
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
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