Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, prison visits were shut in Croatia, thus challenging the child-parent relationship. As a response, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children Croatia conducted thorough advocacy work to enhance children of prisoners’ rights. The Office recommended the wider use of video and phone calls between children and their imprisoned parents, as … Read more
Probacja submitted a petition to Poland’s Ministry of Justice requesting the implementation of COPE’s ‘Sentencing Toolkit’ in the country, as well as the distribution of all relevant COPE materials to Polish judges. Moreover, to protest against the status quo of the government concerning the reopening of prisons, Probacja wrote a letter to the Ministry of … Read more
Over the year 2020, Families Outside fed into numerous policy consultations and requests for feedback, nationally and internationally. Among other projects, the organisation submitted a brief to the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on children’s rights to privacy; was consulted by the Scottish Sentencing Council to establish the ‘Sentencing Young People’ … Read more
BUFFF has been conducting outstanding advocacy work and has managed to place children with a parent in prison higher on the Swedish policy agenda. Several meetings with the justice and social departments in 2019 have been fruitful. In 2020, children who have a parent in prison were included under the scope of the Swedish Social … Read more
Exodus Netherlands organized the day of action, titled `I am also punished` to bring the issues of children of prisoners to the attention of policy makers, politicians and the media. Dutch MEP Marith Rebel agreed to take the issue of children of prisoners forward. She recognized that it was a problem in the general practice … Read more
Children’s Ombudsman’s Office Croatia played a crucial role in lobbying the Council of Europe to ensure that they include children who are affected by parental incarceration in their Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2016-2021. Children of imprisoned parents are now considered a group of vulnerable, marginalized children in this new Strategy. The Ombudsman’s … Read more
In February 2015, Labour MSP Mary Fee launched a Bill to support children of prisoners. The legislation was to require a needs assessment to be carried out in relation to the children of a parent being sentenced by way of a Child and Family Impact Assessment. It was also to provide for additional learning support … Read more
he Irish Prison Services has moved forward on a major policy decision. To have the Irish Prison Service place a larger emphasis in general, on parenting initiatives for prisoners that have as their aim, the long term well-being of children affected by the imprisonment of their parent. This focus on parenting is a great step … Read more
European Parliament Question for Written Answer In April 2015, Jean Lambert MEP tabled a written question to the European Commission on behalf of Children of Prisoners Europe. The Question was entitled “The multiple ways in which a parent’s imprisonment adversely impacts the rights of children and the European Union’s commitment to ensuring that these rights … Read more
In 2015, PACT secured funding to move forward the “Our Voice” agenda. This agenda was based on the children’s Our Voice Charter. The funding was used mainly for a project in London in 2016. The project is called “Hear Our Voice”. It involves working with groups of young people in order to equip them with … Read more
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