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. View49. HMP Swaleside Children, Families and Significant Others Strategy 2022
At HMP Swaleside we recognise that long term separation is the issue that will affect our prisoners and their families most. We seek to structure our services in a manner which supports those family units and help them maintain strong family ties and bonds. The aim of this strategy is to provide the mechanism by which that will be achieved.
50. 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...
51. 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.
52. 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...
53. 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...
54. Inside a Prison
Children and family members are all curious to know what goes on inside a prison; this short film from a prisoner Dad's perspective is designed to help curb this curiosity and anxiety. Produced by Ormiston Families, the DVD can be used as a supporting tool for any child who has a Dad in any prison, but is particularly useful for the Ormiston Breaking Barriers projects. Watch this video to see what life is like inside a prison:
