Have yourselves a sexist little Christmas?: The Fatherhood Institute. Jeremy Davies writes: Why are two of our biggest supermarket chains turning gender equality back 40 years in their Christmas adverts this year?
Asda and Morrisons both portray mothers running around like demented scullery maids for weeks on end as they get ready for the festivities. Stocking cupboards, buying and wrapping presents, writing Christmas cards, decorating trees, kitting the kids out in nativity costumes, wrestling with turkeys…you name it, the mums are in charge, and their task-lists are never-ending. These selfless, saintly backbones of the family ask no reward for their festive domestic servitude, save for a fleeting moment of satisfaction as they feast on the sight of their over-fed, useless husbands, children and assorted family members snoring contentedly, semi-comatose in a post-prandial haze on Christmas afternoon, twixt Queen’s Speech and an evening of charades.
Triple P - For Parents. Family Links: Nurturing Programme evaluation parents. Family Man – Safe Ground – Using drama to educate prisoners and young people at risk in the community. About NIACRO. NIACRO's vision is to be acknowledged as making a unique contribution to the development of a society in which the rights and needs of everyone, including offenders, are equally respected. Mission Statement We work to reduce crime and its impact on people and communities. Values Justice: We believe that everyone in society, including offenders and victims, have the right to be treated fairly. Dignity: We respect and value the worth of every individual. Citizenship: We recognise members of society have both rights and responsibilities. Www.niacro.co.uk/filestore/documents/publications/Evaluation_of_the_Early_Intervention_Programme_(CAPS).pdf.
St Giles Trust - breaking the cycle of offending. Inside Time Latest Issue - the National Newspaper for Prisoners. Research, Publications, Bulletins & Information Sheets for Families Affected by Imprisonment. Www.barnardos.org.uk/supporting_prisoners_families.pdf. Prison gates mentor plan for released inmates. 20 November 2012Last updated at 08:54 ET Chris Grayling, Justice Secretary: "You have a cycle of re-offending which does none of us any favours" Every prisoner released in England and Wales should have a mentor to help get his or her life back on track, the justice secretary says.
Chris Grayling said the plan would be co-ordinated by private and voluntary sector groups who would be paid if re-offending was reduced. The mentors would help with finding housing and training opportunities. Probation officers welcomed the idea but expressed doubt about whether enough mentors could be found. Doing prison: Experiences of women in the UK prison system. Ethnographic research is concerned with the lived experiences of participants in particular social groups or settings, and has been central to sociological understandings of imprisonment since the 1940s.
As far as possible, ethnographers immerse themselves in the social world they are seeking to understand. Sick and suicidal: plight of women in UK jails. On the day Diane Kent set herself on fire in her cell at Low Newton prison, County Durham, two months ago, she had already tried to hang herself twice and asked a prison officer to take away her lighter because she was scared of harming herself.
According to incomplete prison records, her request was refused. How a woman who had repeatedly committed such extreme acts of self-harm was able to evade the observation of officers for long enough to set fire to herself, why she had a lighter in her possession, and why her request to have it taken away was denied are just a few of the reasons her family and her solicitor are calling on the government to hold an independent inquiry into Kent's case, instead of leaving it to the usual investigation by the prison service. For more than five weeks after her suicide attempt, 27-year-old Kent lay in a medically induced coma in the intensive-care unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
The findings have raised strong feelings among MPs. Action for Prisoners' Families. Www.familiesoutside.org.uk/content/uploads/2012/08/FSW-Report-2011-12.pdf. Prison mentors: 'I've been in trouble almost all the time' 26 November 2012Last updated at 04:37 ET Ex-offender Wendy Rowley (right) met Anna after she left Bronzefield Prison to help her find a place to live The government wants to give more prisoners on sentences of less than 12 months a mentor - who may themselves be an ex-offender - to try to cut reoffending.
The BBC's Andrew Bomford met a mother-of-two coming out of prison, and whose life has been "chaos" since her husband was murdered, to find out whether the scheme could work for her. Anna's life started to go wrong the day she met the man who became her husband. He was a drug dealer. She had had a good education, and a few decent jobs. Prisons and probation. Www.drugscope.org.uk/Resources/Drugscope/Documents/PDF/Policy/TroubledFamilies.pdf. Helping troubled families turn their lives around - Policies - Inside Government. Issue Troubled families are those that have problems and cause problems to the community around them, putting high costs on the public sector.
The government is committed to working with local authorities and their partners to help 120,000 troubled families in England turn their lives around by 2015. We want to ensure the children in these families have the chance of a better life, and at the same time bring down the cost to the taxpayer. Actions As part of the Troubled Families programme, the government will work alongside local authorities to: Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/newsroom/pdf/2053538.pdf. Women prisoners. Prisons for men and those for women operate within the same rules and policies.
However all women's prisons are additionally required to comply with gender specific standards for working with women prisoners, which are set out in Prison Service Order 4800. This enables staff to be aware of the gender specific issues that affect women prisoners and respond appropriately. There are 13 women's prisons in England. David brandon - homelessness, advocacy and mental health, and zen in the art of helping. David Brandon – homelessness, advocacy and mental health, and zen in the art of helping.
In this article we examine David Brandon’s seminal contribution to our understanding of the experience of homelessness and mental health problems, and his insights into the nature of advocacy and the helping process. Troubleshooting Families. Millionaire Cameron is riding in on his moral high horse to save ‘troubled’ families.
So the government agenda of blame and simplistic thinking continues. Yesterday, Cameron announced his programme of rolling out ‘troubleshooters’ to help ‘problem’ families. I don’t know where to start in picking apart this policy initiative which, on a shallow level, seems to be fine (apart from the language which is shocking and couched in prejudice and blame that this government is becoming quite skilled at). Coordinating approaches across different agencies is all well and good, it is when you look at the details, the costs the figures and the language that this proposal shows Cameron up for the sham that we know he is and his PR background comes to the fore as he believes the public stupid enough to believe his agenda.
The action we are taking. Www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/homelessness-exclusion-services-summary.pdf. The Psychological Impact of Incarceration: Implications for Post-Prison Adjustment. Public protection manual. Home Menu ≡ Public protection manual Share this Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services The following documents make up the Public Protection Manual. Prison Reform Trust creating a just, humane and effective penal system.