The families handbook: a guide for families and friends of prisoners (2011)

Description

This handbook was prepared as a guide for families and friends of people imprisoned in correctional centres in New South Wales (NSW). It includes details about:

• the NSW criminal justice system
• going to prison
• drug use and prison
• alternatives to detention
• keeping in contact with a person in prison
• coping with a family member in prison
• communicating with Corrective Services NSW
• children with a parent in prison
• caring for children
• housing issues for families of prisoners
• money issues
• families from diverse backgrounds
• getting out of prison
• going home from prison
• health issues
• community support.

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Contact details

Corrective Services New South Wales
Henry Deane Building
20 Lee Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: (02) 8346 1333
Fax: (02) 8346 1205

Links

• View resource: The families handbook: a guide for families and friends of prisoners (PDF - 1.5 MB)
• View information: The families handbook: a guide for families and friends of prisoners
• View website: Corrective Services New South Wales

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