Netherlands – Children of prisoners

Mijn kind en ik – My Child and I

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

KIND expertise centre

In 2018, Exodus launched the KIND expertise centre in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, to provide support and information for children with a parent in prison and their family and social circle. Their goal is to restore the relationship between child and imprisoned parent and to strengthen the community around them, including teachers, social workers and … Read more

Statistics Netherlands

Prison population total and prison rate per 100,000 are retrieved from Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned parent: extrapolation based on Champsaur, P., et al. (2002), L’Histoire familiale des hommes détenus, … Read more

Children’s Ombudsman of the Netherlands

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

Forum for Families

Exodus, in the Netherlands, now has an online forum for families that are affected by the incarceration of a parent or spouse. This forum provides families important information and allows children whose parents are in prison, as well as other family members, to get in touch with others who are experiencing similar situations. The forum … Read more

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