Only 5% of children remain in the family home when their mother is imprisoned. As Katy Clark notes, community-based alternatives to prison must be considered in order to uphold the rights of the child and protect the interests of the whole family.

Travelling to visit someone in prison can be expensive and time-consuming, but support is available. Click the link to find out more about the financial support available for visiting 👇 gov.uk/help-with-pris…

Delighted to see The Robertson Trust published our final evaluation report of their innovative Social Bridging Finance model. We worked closely with Dr Micaela Mazzei Yunus Centre, GCU throughout the evaluation therobertsontrust.org.uk/publications/s…

400 looked after children died in the decade to 2021, 50 of them aged 16 and 17 and living in unregulated accommodation. Yet ministers decided secondary legislation that year should protect only to age 15. Scandal doesn't come close. thetimes.co.uk/article/hundre…

❗ Join us on 6 December at 1:30pm as we launch our #StayingConnected report - in collaboration with @ChildReporter & funded by The Promise Scotland - which explores the impact on care-experienced siblings separated by prison or secure care. 👇 Sign up here 👇 ow.ly/NCof50Q53ym

“We have to invest in better community based alternatives or community based approaches where we know that it can help the person get access to the support they need”. Last night our Head of External Engagement, Toni Groundwater, spoke on STV News about prison overcrowding 🧵

Paying the Price report by Families Outside shows the extent of how families are financially impacted by supporting someone in prison. People responsible for putting in systems & processes need to consider the needs of families affected by imprisonment familiesoutside.org.uk/families-are-p…

1/2 Fuel Poverty was an identified issue for the children, young people and families we spoke to as part of our 'It Is Not a Choice!' report ➡️ bit.ly/3j1RO4H

Our #PayingThePrice research found that many families experienced isolation as a result of the cost of imprisonment as well as the stigma that often comes with it. 💙 This Christmas, your donations help #LightenTheLoad for families. ⛸️ Donate now 👇 ow.ly/aoMW50QhizE

My new article published this week, asking what were Magdalene Laundries, and why did Ireland have them? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

The #StayingConnected report made clear the need for systematic data collection on sibling relationships for young people in care and custody. This will ensure that proper emotional, financial and practical support is provided to maintain and rebuild these vital relationships.

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The Ireland We Dreamed Of is a new powerful performance by visual artist Sinead McCann in collaboration with sociologist Dr Louise Brangan, bringing the audience through a series of unsettling dreamscapes. 2 - 4 May €20 | €15 🎟️ smockalley.com/the-ireland-we…

New Policing the Pandemic in Scotland paper just published in the British Journal of Criminology. Explores the history of police Fixed Penalties in the UK and their use during the pandemic, including impact, inequity and #inequality. Dr Kath Murray Ben Matthews doi.org/10.1093/bjc/az…

Prison populations continue to grow and remand is still an issue, with around 2,000 people awaiting trial. Remand is an extremely costly, uncertain and stressful time for families, with many spending on average £300 a month to support someone. ow.ly/1R0Z50RgSgX

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… this is a must! Beautifully told Louise Brangan we should not ‘turn away’ from our past. We need to understand and learn more, always. Louise Brangan this is inspiring. Thank you

Wales is the first UK nation with plans to remove profit from children's care bbc.in/44NjaPE

In July 2024, we will begin recruiting a Youth Advisory Group for our Challenging Justice Inequalities project - with CYCJ Scotland CELCIS Strathclyde Institute of Education Strathclyde Law School and funded by Nuffield Foundation Please do think about any children you know who may be interested. More info 👇🏽

It's wrong that so many people on low incomes are looked down on, judged, and treated unfairly. Now, new research by our Fiona McHardy and others for Mental Health Foundation has uncovered the toll that takes on people's mental health. 🧵 mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/…

James Timpson OBE James Timpson has been appointed Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice.