Mr Mosquito Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 An interesting article on Yahoo this morning. I know that the current Labour Government have increased the prison population from about 55,000 to 90,000 in the past 12 years. According to the article, more than 90% of local authorities are overlooking the needs of prisoners' children, Barnardo's found. Barnardo's found that although government policies refer to the children as "disadvantaged", only 20 out of 208 UK local authorities and health boards made any reference to the group in their children's plan. The charity is urging the Government to do more to protect the estimated 160,000 youngsters who have a parent in jail. Source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20091027/tuk-c...ed-6323e80.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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