Play in prison is an important way for parent and child to bond. More than 60 per cent of women prisoners are mothers, and 45 per cent of this group had their children living with them at the time of their imprisonment (Wolfe, T, 1999). Seven per cent of children will see a parent imprisoned during their school years (Shaw, R, 1992).
NCB worked with four prisons to develop good practice of play in prisons and ran a series of consultations to find out what staff, young parents and their children thought. The young parents felt strongly that "play activities are for the kids more than for us, so that it is a normal environment for them - they [the public] should understand that".
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