Making a difference working with BAME families Dena Tyler – Community Links Manager HMP The Mount Neena Samota – Coalition for Racial Justice (UK)

About this workshop Background Background Policy framework Policy framework Practice - working with BAME prisoners and their families Practice - working with BAME prisoners and their families Discussion Discussion

CRJ (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?

A WARENESS OF R ESETTLEMENT PROCESS

A WARENESS OF V OLUNTARY S ECTOR ORGANISATIONS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES

B ARRIERS TO MAINTAINING CONTACT

A REAS FAMILY CAN SUPPORT

I MPACT OF IMPRISONMENT ON FAMILY

E NGAGEMENT – 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 said “Individuals and their family members have to be more pro-active rather than expecting something to happen on release” Source: Nacro Race Review Visitor Survey

HMP the mount visitor survey

What families said “If he needs counselling it will be good to have that information so we can seek that support and it is ready before he comes out. We need the time to prepare for that.” Source: Nacro Race Review Visitor Survey Source: Nacro Race Review Visitor Survey

what resources are required? Resettlement resources within prison Through the gate provisionRace and diversity

Recommended action and follow-up Coherent resettlement strategy Allocated management post Develop service delivery Joining up services internally Representing race issues Communication with prisoners Prisoner involvement Training for prisoner reps Funding solutions with VCS partners Engagement with external partners

Community engagement BAME Agency conference 2010 BAME Agency conference 2010 Subsequent development of BAME services Subsequent development of BAME services Barriers Barriers Future challenges Future challenges

Bame conference 2010 Wide representation from statutory, voluntary sector and private sector Wide representation from statutory, voluntary sector and private sector Employment and Training Employment and Training Housing Housing Through the gate mentoring service Through the gate mentoring service Family support agencies Family support agencies The 12-month challenge The 12-month challenge Nacro prison partnership for community engagement Nacro prison partnership for community engagement

Developing services Follow-up conference 2011 Follow-up conference 2011 AfPF Hidden Sentence training AfPF Hidden Sentence training Pre-school Alliance support for families Pre-school Alliance support for families LAT black self-development programme LAT black self-development programme Yamus Juntos support for Latin American prisoners Yamus Juntos support for Latin American prisoners Southside Partnership peer support training Southside Partnership peer support training Voluntary work placements for prisoners on ROTL Voluntary 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 community Development of toolkit for BAME prisoners returning to the community Sentence Management Unit survey of prisoners’ families Sentence Management Unit survey of prisoners’ families

Potential Barriers Funding Funding Community engagement post Community engagement post Timing Timing Family involvement Family involvement Leadership Leadership Economic and political environment Economic and political environment

Future challenges – a discussion How to develop engagement with BAME prisoners’ families? How to develop engagement with BAME prisoners’ families? How to encourage and support better involvement of BAME families in sentence planning? How to encourage and support better involvement of BAME families in sentence planning? What more is required to understand family relationships within a cultural/religious context? How will you use that information to improve family ties and define positive outcomes for BAME families? What more is required to understand family relationships within a cultural/religious context? How will you use that information to improve family ties and define positive outcomes for BAME families?