Making a differenceMaking a difference

working with BAME familiesworking with BAME familiesDena Tyler – Community Links Dena Tyler – Community Links

Manager HMP The MountManager HMP The Mount

Neena Samota – Coalition for Racial Neena Samota – Coalition for Racial Justice (UK)Justice (UK)

About this workshopAbout this workshop

•BackgroundBackground

•Policy frameworkPolicy framework

•Practice - working with Practice - working with BAME prisoners and their BAME prisoners and their familiesfamilies

•DiscussionDiscussion

CRJ (UK) researchCRJ (UK) research

What do prisoners’ families from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups understand about resettlement?

What do families of BAME offenders understand about the resettlement process?

What is currently available to them by way of support and whether this is relevant to their needs?

AWARENESS OF RESETTLEMENT PROCESS

AWARENESS OF VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS THAT SUPPORT

FAMILIES

BARRIERS TO MAINTAINING CONTACT

AREAS FAMILY CAN SUPPORT

IMPACT OF IMPRISONMENT ON FAMILY

ENGAGEMENT – A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE

Support at earlier stages in the criminal justice process Co-ordinate intervention on domestic violence Family involvement in sentence planning Strategic training on the problems that affect BAME

families More engagement with invisible minority groups Prison environment and family visits Support for BAME families in the community Offender families’ support networks Involving prisoners’ families support groups in

implementing change.

What families saidWhat families said

““Individuals and their family Individuals and their family

members have to be more pro-members have to be more pro-

active rather than expecting active rather than expecting

something to happen on something to happen on

release”release”

Source: Nacro Race Review Visitor SurveySource: Nacro Race Review Visitor Survey

HMP the mount visitor HMP the mount visitor surveysurvey

What families saidWhat families said

““If he needs counselling it will If he needs counselling it will

be good to have that be good to have that

information so we can seek that information so we can seek that

support and it is ready before support and it is ready before

he comes out. We need the time he comes out. We need the time

to prepare for that.”to prepare for that.” Source: Nacro Race Review Visitor SurveySource: Nacro Race Review Visitor Survey

what resources are what resources are required?required?

Recommended action and Recommended action and follow-upfollow-up

Community Community engagementengagement

• BAME Agency conference 2010BAME Agency conference 2010

• Subsequent development of BAME Subsequent development of BAME servicesservices

• BarriersBarriers

• Future challengesFuture challenges

Bame conference 2010Bame conference 2010

• Wide representation from statutory, Wide representation from statutory, voluntary sector and private sectorvoluntary sector and private sector

• Employment and TrainingEmployment and Training

• HousingHousing

• Through the gate mentoring serviceThrough the gate mentoring service

• Family support agenciesFamily support agencies

• The 12-month challengeThe 12-month challenge

• Nacro prison partnership for community Nacro prison partnership for community engagementengagement

Developing servicesDeveloping services

• Follow-up conference 2011Follow-up conference 2011

• AfPF Hidden Sentence trainingAfPF Hidden Sentence training

• Pre-school Alliance support for familiesPre-school Alliance support for families

• LAT black self-development programmeLAT black self-development programme

• Yamus Juntos support for Latin American prisonersYamus Juntos support for Latin American prisoners

• Southside Partnership peer support trainingSouthside Partnership peer support training

• Voluntary work placements for prisoners on ROTLVoluntary work placements for prisoners on ROTL

• Work with the Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG)Work with the Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG)

• Development of toolkit for BAME prisoners returning to the Development of toolkit for BAME prisoners returning to the communitycommunity

• Sentence Management Unit survey of prisoners’ familiesSentence Management Unit survey of prisoners’ families

Potential BarriersPotential Barriers

• FundingFunding

• Community engagement postCommunity engagement post

• TimingTiming

• Family involvementFamily involvement

• LeadershipLeadership

• Economic and political environmentEconomic and political environment

Future challenges – a Future challenges – a discussiondiscussion

• How to develop engagement with BAME How to develop engagement with BAME prisoners’ families?prisoners’ families?

• How to encourage and support better How to encourage and support better involvement of BAME families in sentence involvement of BAME families in sentence planning?planning?

• What more is required to understand What more is required to understand family relationships within a family relationships within a cultural/religious context? How will you cultural/religious context? How will you use that information to improve family use that information to improve family ties and define positive outcomes for ties and define positive outcomes for BAME families?BAME families?