Exploratory study on the impact of maternal incarceration on children
June 15, 2003
15th June 2003 The Ontario-based Center for Children & Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic has just published an exploratory study on the impact of maternal incarceration on children. Relying on a sample of 45 women and 90 children and adolescents in Ontario, “Waiting for Mommy: Giving a Voice to
“Big Book Share” project launched
April 15, 2003
15th April 2003 Under the “Big Book Share,” a new project launched recently at Magilligan Prison in County Londonderry, imprisoned fathers and their children can select a book together during a prison visit, which the father then records onto an audio tape. When the child returns to visit, he or she is presented with a
KIDS VIP officially joins the Eurochips network
March 15, 2003
15th March 2003 KIDS VIP, a UK-based charity working to bolster the relationship between children and imprisoned parents, has officially joined the EUROCHIPS network. Founded in 1993, KIDS VIP currently operates with a staff of three, working with prisons to set up supervised play areas in prisons, promote good practice in the play areas, and
Prisoners’ Families Helpline
February 16, 2003
16th February 2003 Action for Prisoners’ Families is continuing its free hotline for prisoners’ families, funded by the Community Fund in the United Kingdom . The service provides information and support to relatives and friends of anyone incarcerated in England and Wales on such issues as visiting rights, how the prison system operates and how
Eurochips member Bambini Senza Sbarre publishes book.
December 13, 2002
17th November 2002 Eurochips member Bambini Senza Sbarre has published “Il tempo et lo spazio della relazione figli-genitori in carcere” (Dimensions of the Child-Parent Relationship in Detention), a book inspired by a national conference organized inside San Vittore Prison in Milan in collaboration with EUROCHIPS (2001). For information on how to obtain a copy :
Irish study on the impact of a parent’s imprisonment on children
June 4, 2002
4th June 2002 The first study in Ireland on the impact of a parent’s imprisonment on children was published in June 2002. The study, “Parents, Children and Prison: The Effects of Parental Imprisonment on Children,” was conducted at Dublin ‘s Mountjoy Prison by the Dublin Institute of Technology for the Society of St Vincent de
Family Situation of Male Prisoners Survey
January 31, 2002
31st January 2002 A survey conducted by INSEE, the French national institute for statistics and economic studies, on the “Family Situation of Male Prisoners” (Synthèses, n° 59) was published in January 2002 and is now available. The survey focused on 1,700 male prisoners during the March 1999 census poll, for which 400,000 men and women
