According to Barnardo’s, there are up to 310,000 children every year with a parent in prison in England and Wales. While many children with a parent in prison will go on to lead happy and fulfilling lives, research shows their experiences can lead to poor physical and mental health and significant trauma, especially as some of them will have witnessed the criminal activity or even the arrest of their parent.
This all became very real for me when I had a chance conversation with one of my managers. She noticed a grandparent was bringing a child in more often and we were no longer seeing Mum. It turned out the mum was in prison and the grandparent was struggling financially and emotionally to look after her two small grandchildren.
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