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On 28th March 2018, the HMPPS Families Group held a conference at PSC Newbold Revel titled 'Developing Effective Practice for Families and Significant Others'   The conference was organised in response to the Farmer Review and was designed to allow prison governors the opportunity to discover practical ways to implement the recommendations of the review. Every establishment in the country was invited to send senior staff members to the conference, also in attendance were...

There are an estimated 200,000 children affected by parental imprisonment each year and hundreds more will suffer the impact of a parents' involvement with the police and go through courts processes. It is important that the police force and courts staff have an awareness of how to help families maintain ties as a means to reducing reoffending and intergenerational offending as well as for the wellbeing of innocent children and families. NICCO’s briefings for...

There are an 310,000 children affected by parental imprisonment each year and hundreds more will suffer the impact of a parents' involvement in other parts of the Criminal Justice System (CJS). It is important that professionals working for Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) have an awareness of the impact of offending on children and families, and are able to provide family-based support to offenders and their families in order...

There are an estimated 310,000 children affected by parental imprisonment each year. Considering the significant younger prison population, it is likely a lot of these children will be under five. Given this and also the vast evidence around the importance of children developing strong and secure parental relationships in their early years, it is essential that early years professionals and settings understand and know how to respond to these families’ needs. With early years...

There are an estimated 310,000 children affected by parental imprisonment each year. Twenty-five percent of these children are at higher risk of mental ill health, and they often face stigma and isolation as well a range of associated poorer outcomes. Given this, that there is no routine identification of who these children are, and that 7% of children, will experience the imprisonment of their father during their school years, it is essential that education professionals and settings...

There are an estimated 310,000 children affected by parental imprisonment each year. These children and their families are more likely than their peers to suffer poor physical and mental health, isolation, stigma and poverty. As often the first universal service children come into contact with, health services and professionals such as midwives, GPs, health visitors, CAMHS practitioners and so on, are key in helping to identify and meet the needs of this group of...