Promoting agency of people in prison seeking contact with their children
Developing resources that walk prisoners who are seeking contact with their children through relevant legal processes and equip them with the knowledge to be active participants.
Many people who are incarcerated and seeking contact with their children have limited understanding of child protection, family violence orders to protect children, and family law parenting orders, and how these interact.
The resources will be designed using a consultative approach to engage an audience with below average literacy skills and high learning difficulties. They will be used in CLEs, legal clinics, published on the prisoner intranet i-hub, and by other organisations that work within prisons.
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