Research | Action for Children and Families of Prisoners

Survey: Understanding the financial impact of imprisonment on families and children

by ACFP | Jan 21, 2025 | News, Research

As part of the Irish Penal Reform Trust’s (IPRT) Children and Families Initiative, we have commissioned a piece of research to explore the financial impact on children and families in Ireland when a family member is imprisoned.    This research builds on IPRT’s...

USA: “The Realities of Pregnancy and Mothering While Incarcerated”

by ACFP | Sep 15, 2021 | International

An article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law by Hatters Friedman et al. investigates the experiences of pregnant women and mothers incarcerated in the United States. Of particular interest here is their focus on...

Scotland: “A double-edged sword: Children’s experiences of visiting a parent in prison in Scotland”

by ACFP | Jul 31, 2021 | International

An article published in the Probation Journal by Lockwood et al. describes the experiences of children visiting a parent in prison in Scotland, with qualitative interviews conducted with the partners and children of people in prison in Glasgow. The article...

IPRT launches ‘Piecing it Together’

by ACFP | Jul 15, 2021 | News, Research

Piecing It Together: Supporting Children and Families with a Family Member in Prison in Ireland assesses progress on a series of recommendations made by IPRT in “Picking up the Pieces” in 2012. IPRT is one of the co-Chairs of Action for Children and...

Parkes and Donson: Developing a Child’s Right to Effective Contact with a Father in Prison (2018)

by ACFP | May 17, 2021 | Research

Between 2015 and 2016, a national qualitative study, the first of its kind conducted in the Republic of Ireland, aimed to explore professional perspectives of those working in the Irish prison system on the extent to which the rights of children with a parent in...

CDI: “Family Links” Evaluation Report (2017)