RESOURCES
How CCCIP Started
"Children of incarcerated parents are an often forgotten, invisible or ignored victim of the criminal justice system."
Breaking the Silence: Dialogue on Children of Incarcerated Parents Report
Community Resources & Service Providers
We Got Us Now - A National Advocacy Organization Built by, Led by and About Children of Incarcerated Parents (USA)
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
Legislation & Child Rights
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child: A Response to Canada’s Fifth and Sixth Reports on the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Regarding Children of Incarcerated Parents in Canada - Canadian Friends Service Committee
Beyond Neglected Event Report - Child Welfare League of Canada
It s Time to Act: Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)5 on children with imprisoned
parents - Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE)
Resources for Children/Youth
Children’s Books on Parental Incarceration: Book Reviews by Aislinn Gallivan
Resources for children by the Canadian Families and Corrections Network
Are you looking for more resources for children and/or youth? Go to our 'For Children & Youth' page for information about resources for children/youth, services available, and more.
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Everyone in San Francisco Has Something to Say About Chesa Boudin A wave of discontent crashes on a progressive prosecutor. - New York Magazine
From the Mother of an Incarcerated Son - The New Yorker
Research & Academic Resources
The Impact of COVID-19 worldwide on Children with Incarcerated Parents - INCCIP
The Impact of COVID-19 Prison Lockdowns on Children with Incarcerated Parents - Dr Shona Minson, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
Mother–Child Programs for Incarcerated Mothers and Children and Associated Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review - Nursing Leadership
The Curious Invisibility of Children of Prisoners in Canadian Criminal Justice Policy - Else Marie Knudsen
Children of Incarcerated Parents, A Shared Sentence: The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration Kids, Families, and Communities - Annie E. Casey Foundation
A Holistic Approach to Prisoners’ Families - From Arrest to Release - Rachel Condry and Peter Scharff Smith
Counting The Cost Of Maternal Imprisonment - Russell Webster
Seven Out of Ten? Not Even Close - James M. Conway, and Edward T. Jones, Central Connecticut State University
Maternal Incarceration in a Provincial Prison in Canada: A Qualitative Study - Martha Paynter, Dalhousie University School of Nursing
Covid-19 and the Rights of Children of Parents who are Incarcerated: Impacts and Recommendations - Child Rights Connect
Standards and Norms
Report on The Human Rights of Federally-Sentenced Persons
(see pages 92-107)
GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MOTHER-CHILD UNITS IN CANADIAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
November 2015
