The research, due out tomorrow (17 April), found there is no single organisation or agency responsible for providing support to these children to help them achieve the five Every Child Matters outcomes.
Sara Lewis, practice development manager at SCIE, said: "It falls on the voluntary sector and there are some good models of practice there. But provision is very patchy and it's a postcode lottery as to whether children have provision. Research suggests prisoners' children are far less likely to achieve the Every Child Matters outcomes."
Following its research, SCIE is calling for children of prisoners to be recognised as a group with a higher risk of social exclusion. It also wants the Department for Children, Schools and Families to produce guidance on the roles of different organisations in supporting them.
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