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A scheme in Wales allows inmates to keep up to date with their children’s school progress. If one of your parents went to prison, we want to hear from you
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Tue 9 Jan 2018 13.19 GMT
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Fathers at a men’s prison in Bridgend have been able to keep track of how their children are doing at school through a parent-teacher evenings scheme. Inmates at HMP Parc, the only privately operated prison in Wales, attend six meetings a year with their family and their children’s teachers in the visiting hall.Fathers at a men’s prison in Bridgend have been able to keep track of how their children are doing at school through a parent-teacher evenings scheme. Inmates at HMP Parc, the only privately operated prison in Wales, attend six meetings a year with their family and their children’s teachers in the visiting hall.
One teacher involved in the scheme said the meetings were “often quite emotional, especially when the children produce work they have done and show it to their fathers”.One teacher involved in the scheme said the meetings were “often quite emotional, especially when the children produce work they have done and show it to their fathers”.
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We want to hear from those whose parents went to prison when they were children. How did it feel at the time? What was your relationship like with your parents, and how did this change after their release? Do you think such a scheme would have helped?We want to hear from those whose parents went to prison when they were children. How did it feel at the time? What was your relationship like with your parents, and how did this change after their release? Do you think such a scheme would have helped?
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