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Nov 1, 2024 · At the time of his death, Klassen was serving a 10-year prison sentence for manslaughter. In 2017, he admitted to killing a man who had stolen money from him. The killing was related to drug...
Mar 13, 2019 · Research suggests that only five per cent of children with a mother in prison remain in the family home during their mother’s imprisonment; and only nine per cent are cared for by their fathers, whereas most children with an imprisoned father remain with their mother.
Studies have focused on understanding the perspective of mothers of imprisoned sons and their relationships with their sons (Shishido & Latzman, 2017; Sirois, 2020). Additional research has focused on understanding common mother-child relationships in general (Fingerman et al., 2020; Iscanoglu & Ucanok, 2022).
May 14, 2021 · Sentencing a person to prison affects their life and that of their family. However, when a mother is sentenced to prison, regardless of the length of the sentence, the ramifications are felt by her dependents. Georgia, a young woman who was 15 when her mother was sentenced to prison, told us:
- Entering Custody
- Care Arrangements
- The Role of Children's Services
- Information Sharing
- Education
- Support For Kinship Carers
- Contact Between Children and Mothers During A Prison Sentence
- Visits and Phone Calls as A Privilege
58. The lack of preparations made for the care of dependent children when a mother is at risk of being given a custodial sentence has been identified as a particular problem.Lina told us she had not expected to be sent to prison and so had not made arrangements to have her children collected from school on the day of her sentencing: 59. Similarly, ...
61. There is a serious lack of up to date information about what happens to children when their mother (or other primary carer) is sent to prison. Figures in the Corston Report, published in 2007, state that around: 62. Georgia explained how she and her brother received no support from social services when her mother was in prison: 63. Other witnes...
64. There is no specific legislation addressing the needs of children of prisoners. Although this group can fall within the definition of ‘children in need’ as set out in section 17 of the Children Act 1989the evidence is that they only rarely receive support from local authority children's services. 65. The ‘Working Together’ statutory guidance ap...
69. Children cannot receive help if those who are responsible for providing that help do not know that a child has a parent in prison. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, Nadhim Zahawi MP highlighted that the statutory 'Working Together' guidance requires that probation services should ask all offenders at the earliest...
71. If a mother is sent to prison her child's education may well be disrupted. If the child must move from their family home as a result, they may no longer be able to attend the same school. However, there is no requirement that they are given priority for school places, so such children may spend significant periods of time out of education if th...
76. There is little support for those caring for children whose mothers are in prison.For example, Lucy Baldwin told us: 77. This is borne out by the experience of Witness A, who looked after her grandchildren when their mother was in prison: 78. Kinship carers who step in to care for children when their mothers go to prison should be entitled to f...
79. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that the State has positive obligations under Article 8 to "enable and assist a detainee in maintaining contact with his [or her] close family". In the case of Horych v Polandthe Court held that unnecessary or disproportionate restrictions on visiting rights and inappropriate conditions may v...
90. It was brought to our attention that visits of a child to their mother in prison can be restricted under the Incentives and Earned Privileges scheme (IEP) which is used to manage prisoners' behaviour. This means that children's ability to contact their parent depends on their parent’s behaviour in prison, rather than the children’s right to res...
Sep 2, 2022 · In a further case in 2013, the court terminated the parental responsibility of a father who was serving a prison sentence for a violent attack on the child’s mother. In a 2021 case, the court terminated the parental responsibility of a father who had a significant offending history, including sexual offences against children.
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Jun 15, 2023 · A mother and her partner who killed her nine-year-old son in the bath following months of abuse have been jailed. Alfie Steele died after being held under the water as punishment at his home in...
