Goal: To provide family support services for young mothers in prison aswell as a day nursery for families outside prison
Funding: From HM Prison Service
Contact: Noreen Higgins, centre manager, 01904 772 078
Askham Grange open prison's family centre was opened in April last yearto provide a day care service for woman prisoners with babies as well asmuch needed childcare places in this largely rural area near Leeds.
Run by Leeds City Council with money from HM Prison Service, the centrehas 22 places and currently provides care for the children of 10 femaleprisoners while they attend education courses and work placements.
Also, unlike other secure settings, prisoners' children are able to mixwith those from the wider community. Seventeen children up to the age ofthree currently attend the centre.
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