The below is a list of information booklets or websites that you might find helpful.

Click on the name of the resource to be taken directly to that page.

General

Sentenced:  What next    

The Families Handbook: A guide for family and friends of prisoners  

Coping with the incarceration of a loved one

Families of Offenders Resource Kit

 

Resources for children and young people

Online Help for Carers

Putting your child first: A survival guide for carers of children of prisoners, their families and workers

Explaining Prison to Children     

My Life Now – Stories from young people with parents in prison

 

Life inside

Prison life and going to prison

Prison Pecking Order

A Guide to Prison Slang

 

Other topics

How to maintain a marriage through incarceration

CareSearch:  Palliative Care – Prisoners and their families

The 20 minute guide    Although this is written for those who live with someone with a drug or alcohol addiction, this is a practical, compassionate and effective guide which  is very relevant to understand dynamics, communication and self care.

If there is another resource you have found that is not listed here, please email admin@barsbetween.org or write a comment below and we will add it to this list.  Thank you.