Children of prisoners face tracking by government

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 26 August 2004

Pre-school children whose parents are in prison could be 'tracked' in proposals being drawn up by the Government to prevent them turning to a life of crime. In an interview with The Independent newspaper last week, policing minister Hazel Blears said that she was in discussions with children's minister Margaret Hodge about an early intervention scheme to keep children from criminal backgrounds from breaking the law.

Pre-school children whose parents are in prison could be 'tracked' in proposals being drawn up by the Government to prevent them turning to a life of crime. In an interview with The Independent newspaper...

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