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Author: Martyn, Michelle

Title: “Picking up the Pieces”: The Rights and Needs of Children and Families Affected by Imprisonment

Summary: In this report the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) highlights the rights and needs of children and families affected by imprisonment in Ireland. Children and families coping with imprisonment are often described as the ‘hidden’ victims of the penal system because they must endure their own sentence, despite not having perpetrated any crime. While many issues that children and families of prisoners experience are universal, IPRT examines the current challenges that are specific to the Irish situation. IPRT investigates these within the framework of the rights of the child and the rights of the family where Ireland has ratified, and is legally obliged to comply with, the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 (ECHR) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (UN CRC). The key issues are illustrated in the text through interviews with children and family members, whose voices are often left unheard. Finally, IPRT puts forth our recommendations for change.

Details: Dublin: Irish Penal Reform Trust, 2012. 52p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 23, 2013 at: http://www.iprt.ie/files/IPRT_Children_of_Imprisoned_Parents2.pdf

Year: 2012

Country: Ireland

URL: http://www.iprt.ie/files/IPRT_Children_of_Imprisoned_Parents2.pdf

Shelf Number: 127353

Keywords:
Children of Prisoners
Families of Inmates (Ireland)