Parent in Prison Seminar and Workshop
February 25, 2004
25th February 2004 Governor Austin Treacy, director of inmate services and activities at Maghaberry in tandem with the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), NIACRO and Prison Link, organized a two-day Parent in Prison Seminar and Workshop at Maghaberry and Macgilligan prisons on February 23-24. Day One at Maghaberry, a high security prison outside Belfast ,
Council of Europe invites Eurochips to submit recommendations
February 15, 2004
15th February 2004 The Council of Europe has invited Eurochips to submit recommendations on children maintaining family ties with imprisoned parents for the European Prison Rules (EPR, 1987), which are currently undergoing revision. The European Prison Rules, in effect a series of penal guidelines, are a tool for ensuring respect for human rights in detention
Action for Prisoners’ Families launches informative booklets
January 1, 2004
1st January 2004 Action for Prisoners’ Families has launched a series of informative booklets, The Outsiders, published for the partners and families of prisoners. The booklets focus on such issues as living with separation, telling the children and preparing for release, and provide practical information on how to cope when a relative or friend is
FREP holds second annual meeting
December 15, 2003
15th December 2003 The Fédération des Relais Enfants Parents (FREP), a founding member of EUROCHIPS, held its second annual national meeting November 22 and 23 in Toulouse , with professionals and volunteers from France , Belgium and Togo participating (a Relais Enfants Parents opened in Lomé in July 2004). The two-day event featured a series
France’s first family ties unit
October 15, 2003
15th October 2003 France’s first unité de vie familiale, or “family ties unit,” officially opened on September 26, 2003, at the women’s maximum security prison in Rennes . The unit, which consists of three 50- square-meter apartments with two separate bedrooms and a living room, allows women detainees to spend up to 72 hours with
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC lends her support.
October 7, 2003
7th October 2003 More than 88,500 children in England and Wales are currently without one of their parents because of imprisonment, Lucy Gampell, Director of Action for Prisoners’ Families, told senior lawyers on October 30th. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC lent her support to the charity at a special event at the British Council, London .
KIDS VIP organises seminar for prison directors and personnel
October 3, 2003
3rd October 2003 EUROCHIPS, in tandem with KIDS VIP in the U.K., organized a study day/seminar for prison directors and personnel from various European countries entitled “Maintaining family ties: Identifying training needs and methods,” on 2 October 2003 in Glasgow, Scotland The aim was to foster an exchange of ideas on maintaining family ties for
And Rightly So! My father lives in Venezuela
September 15, 2003
15th September 2003 A documentary film about a child in the Netherlands whose father is imprisoned in Venezuela , “En Terecht! Mijn vader woont in Venezuela” (And Rightly So! My father lives in Venezuela ), premiered in the Netherlands on September 13 and was aired on Dutch television on October 26. Directed by Rene Roelofs
Children of Prisoners Library (CPL) begins at www.fcnetwork.org
August 13, 2003
13th August 2003 The Family and Corrections Network in the United States now has a new on-line information source for people serving children of prisoners and their caregivers: the Children of Prisoners Library, written by Ann Adalist-Estrin, is available atwww.fcnetwork.org. Information sheets can be downloaded, duplicated and distributed free of charge.
Consensus meeting on mothers living with children in prison
July 15, 2003
15th July 2003 Eurochips is organizing a consensus meeting on mothers living with their infants/children in prison, to be held in Brussels on January 16-17 for the purposes of drafting part of a Eurochips document on the issue of children and imprisoned parents. The report, Prisoners’ Children and Family Ties: a Handbook of Practice and
