Action for Prisoners’ Families and the Prison Advice & Care Trust (Pact) said the current system places children’s welfare at risk. They are calling for impact assessments on offenders’ and prisoners’ children to take place at the points of arrest, detention, sentencing and release of parents.
The charities - whose call has been backed by the Prison Reform Trust, the Howard League for Penal Reform, Caritas Social Action Network and Nepacs - are also calling for all prisons to have an independent children’s advocate and for the rights of offenders’ children to have a voice in government.
The points feature in a joint Agenda for Action, published to coincide with the start of European Prisoners’ Children Week today.
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