18/06/2008 - Mike Manisty, outgoing Chief Information Officer for the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Click here to read the full press release- 09/06/2008 - Figures released by Action for Prisoners’ Families (APF) reveal the extent of the need for help and support generated by rising levels of imprisonment. Click here to read the full press release
- 03/06/2008 - In response to the Ministry of Justice’s publication of ‘Community Sentencing - Reducing reoffendin Click here to read the full press release
- 25/04/2008 - Commenting on the POA statement on "cushy or comfy" jails, Lucy Gampell, Director of Action for Prisoners' Families said:
Prison is not an easy option. Click here to read the full press release
- 17/03/2008 - Action for Prisoners’ Families has welcomed the announcement today by Prisons Minister David Hanson that extra funding is to be allocated for drug treatment in prisons. Click here to read the full press release
- 08/02/2008 - RESPONSE TO INSPECTORATE ANNUAL REPORT
Action for Prisoners’ Families has welcomed the annual report by Anne Owers, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales. Click here to read the full press release
- 01/02/2008 - Jack Straw’s suggestion that children and families may be denied the right to visiting a relative in prison has been met with dismay by campaigners. Click here to read the full press release
- 25/01/2008 - Commenting today on the Government’s response to a parliamentary question about drugs being smuggled Click here to read the full press release
- 05/12/2007 - Every year more children are separated from a parent by prison than by divorce and the government is failing in its duty of care for them a new alliance of prison charities will tell MP’s today. Click here to read the full press release
- 31/07/2007 - Tomorrow, Wednesday 1 August, prisons across England will join in Playday, the annual celebration of children’s rights to play. Click here to read the full press release
- 12/07/2007 - We welcome Jack Straw's calling for a national conversation about the use of prison. Click here to read the full press release
- 11/07/2007 - (Comment by Sarah Salmon, Assistant Director, Action for Prisoners' Families - 10 July 2007)
Gordon Brown is said to be passionate about the unfair share of opportunities some children in our society get. Click here to read the full press release
- 21/05/2007 - Children of parents who are sent to prison suffer poverty, mental illness and trauma and are largely neglected by the government, say a group of leading prisoners’ families charities. Click here to read the full press release
- 13/04/2007 - A prisoner has launched a legal challenge to stop inmates being charged more than five times the public payphone rate for phone calls. Click here to read the full press release
- 13/03/2007 - Welcoming the report by Baroness Corston on vulnerable women in the criminal justice system, Lucy Ga Click here to read the full press release
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