likely they offend themselves, say campaigners.
Momentum is growing for support for families of prisoners to be stepped up in order to improve outcomes for children.
According to the most up-to-date estimate, about 200,000 children in England and Wales have a parent in prison at some point every year.
Research has found that children of prisoners are twice as likely to experience conduct and mental health problems, and are less likely to do well at school. They are also three times more likely to be involved in offending, with 65 per cent of boys with a father in prison going on to offend themselves.
Alarmed by the statistics, campaigners have long called for more to be done to identify and support young people affected by parental imprisonment, and it seems that both Labour and the Conservatives are now starting to listen.
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