Total prison population extracted from Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.1.3 parenting rate: extrapolation based on Champsaur, P., et al. (2002), L’Histoire familiale des hommes détenus, Paris : INSEE. The study found a parenting rate of 1.3 among male … Read more
Number of Visits Allowed per Month: Country Visits Allowed per Month Austria Usually 30 minutes once or twice a week Belgium Sentenced people: min 3 days per week of at least 1h for convicted prisoners (12 visits per month)People on remand: can be visited every day. Bulgaria Min 2 40-minute-visits per month (extended visits of … Read more
The following infographics collate information relating to children of imprisoned parents across the European Union using information from COPE resources, S.P.A.C.E. and the World Prison Brief.
The Children of Prisoners: Interventions and Mitigations to Strengthen Mental Health (COPING) project is the Children of Prisoners Europe network’s major accomplishment to date. From January 2010 – 2012, the EU-research study co-founded by the EU Commission was a child-centred project, which investigated the resilience and vulnerability to mental health problems of children of imprisoned … Read more
The European Journal of Parental Imprisonment is a bi-annual publication that seeks to broaden the study of issues relevant to children affected by parental incarceration and meet a burgeoning interest in the development, implementation and evolution of entitlements, policies and practices that promote their well-being. With a view to fostering new perspectives for children with … Read more
First published in 2006, this new edition of Children of Imprisoned Parents: European Perspectives on Good Practice reflects welcome change in awareness, knowledge and practice with respect to what is being done, and what can be done, to support the needs and rights of children with imprisoned parents. The publication, featuring a range of initiatives, … 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
The Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents was created by Child Rights Connect in order to support the efforts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) during the preparation for the 2011 Day of General Discussion on children of incarcerated parents. After its success while working with the UNCRC, it has … Read more
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