The warning from children's charity Spurgeons follows a government announcement that it plans to build nine new prisons to replace run-down Victorian jails.
Spurgeons has raised concerns that travelling times for families visiting relatives in prison are likely to increase because the existing prisons are based in central urban areas. It fears families could find it harder to reach the new sites by public transport.
An estimated 200,000 children are affected by parental imprisonment each year with research suggesting they are twice as likely to suffer mental health problems as their peers.
Statistics also suggest that around 60 per cent of children affected by parental imprisonment will go on to be convicted themselves in later life.
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