The NICCO Directory of Resources provides details of the huge number of tools, activities, practice models and guidance that have been developed by agencies to support offenders and their children and families.
Whether you are working directly with children, supporting offenders to maintain parental contact, helping a parent to prepare their child for a prison visit or simply want to develop your own understanding of the criminal justice system, this directory provides you with a range of resources to support and inform your work.
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Find delivery models, case studies, local and national policies and guidlines, practice guides, briefings and resources for professional learning and development. View25. HMP The Verne Family Strategy 2022
Maintaining regular and positive contact with families and significant others is of real importance in any custodial environment, especially so for The Verne. These links are so often a key strand to not only providing ongoing strength and support to the individual resident but quality contact and relationships that are enabled to flourish and grow also provide a proven vehicle to reducing the likelihood of future re-offending, with all the benefits for individuals, communities and wider...
26. HMP Wandsworth Family Strategy 2022
Here at HMP Wandsworth in 2022, five years after the publication of the Farmer Review, we remain as committed as ever to helping maintain, promote and improve our prisoners’ relationships with their families and significant others.
27. HMPYOI Isis Family Strategy 2021-22
Maintaining family relationships is paramount in achieving a reduction in re-offending. HMP /YOI Isis is committed to the fostering of good family relationships and the maintenance of existing relationships, in order to aid the resettlement of prisoners. The prison aims to provide a framework that enables positive outcomes and interactions for children and families with a close family member in our custody. The impact of any custodial sentence is not only felt on the prisoner but also on the...
28. HMYOI Wetherby Family Strategy December 2021
HM YOI Wetherby is committed to support the children in our care to develop meaningful and constructive relationships with their families and carers or significant person who is identified as their next of kin, and transforming Wetherby into a place of safety and reform and we recognise the need to provide those in custody with stable environments, as well as opportunities to change their behaviour and turn away from a life of crime. It is vital that family or carers are part of a...
29. Mum's the Word- A guide to being a good mum in prison
This new informed and practical guide, written in collaboration with Mums at the end of long sentences at HMP's Eastwood Park and Bronzefield is for new Mums to use when they first enter prison and throughout their sentence. This guide comprises of an introduction to the document and chapters around the emotional and practical factors of topics such as; a mum's first night in prison, keeping in touch with children and families, telling the children, money, mother and baby units,...
30. NEPACS - First time in prison?
NEPACS have produced a new leaflet titled: First time in prison? The leaflet contains 'Practical information and advice for men and women in custody and their families and friends' The leaflet contains guidance on topics such as: 'What happens when a prisoner leaves court', 'How can prisoners make telephone calls' and 'What a prisoner should do if they are worried or upset' Although the leaflet was written for prisons in the North East of...
