Documentaries highlight problems of prisoners' families
Monday, 06 July 2009
A series of documentaries have been released on the internet to highlight the potentially damaging effect of a family member being sent to prison.
The Prisoners' Families and Friends Service (PFFS), claim children of prisoners are three times more likely to suffer mental health problems than their peers.
Around 160,000 children a year have a parent taken into custody.
The documentary films, voiced by real family members telling their own stories, aim to raise awareness of the issue.
Alan Hooker, PFFS director, said: "Arrest and imprisonment hugely disrupts family life. Children in the family are nearly always damaged psychologically by the experience."
The films are available at http://familiesontrial.org
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