Extended/Family Visits Christina Hall Director of Operations Lincolnshire Action Trust

Preparation for home life Widening opportunities for access Frequency and timings (including weekends) Maximising learning with Domestic Visits Barriers to access Practical: Visits hall numbers Staffing Eligibility Is there an opportunity to overcome logistics Planning to include: Logistics, including families Learning outcomes Parenting/relationship skills for release Education curriculum/child development

“Family is the golden thread running through the prison system and the agencies that surround it” (The Farmer Review, 2017) Maximise opportunities for: Rehabilitative Culture “Social response to rehabilitation” (Professor Shadd Maruna – Rehabilitative Culture Families “Gateway to Society and Community” Desistance Link Re-offending receiving visit from family 69% receive visits – 41% re-offend within year 1 of release 31% not received visits – 68% re-offend within year 1 of release (MoJ – Longitudinal Cohort Study 2013, Hopkins and Brunton Smith) Resettlement Over 50% return to home, move in with family and friends (Thematic Prison and Probation Inspection, 2014) Develop Resettlement Plans for person in custody and their family

Using every opportunity to engage with families… Family Visits Resettlement Drug & Alcohol Drug & Alcohol Violence Reduction ACCT Violence Reduction Health & Mental Health ACCT Violence Reduction Programmes Education & Work Pathway Programmes Sentence planning Sentence planning