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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...

In order to raise awareness amongst prisoners’ families of the Farmer Review, and as a response its recommendations, POPS (Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group) asked children and their families from across the North-West to send in a postcard and tell them: What they miss? What family means to them? What would be their one wish?   The families’ responses were woven into a short film entitled ‘#WearetheGoldenThread’ to continue the cycle...

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...