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Children | Looking after children who are affected by imprisonment

The following article has been taken from Chapter 4 of our "Handbook for Family and Friends" which discusses how different children may react to the news that their parent or other relative has been detained and how you might cope with this.

Looking after children who are affected by imprisonment (File size: 27KB)

You may also find the following article interesting. Written by the organisation Families and Corrections Network, it adds further points to the discussion presented in the article above:

What do children of prisoners and their caregivers need (File size: 66KB) (Courtesy of Families and Corrections Network)
 
""Since last year, because their father is not here, my son has been very disruptive, not concentrating on school work and has a temper and temper-tantrums. The teachers don't understand why as I could not confide in them."
Parent of a child affected by imprisonment
Drawing of prisoners talking on the telephone
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