Keep Up Hope
14th May 2025
"Keep Up Hope" is the first Irish book written by children with parents in prison, for children with parents in prison.
This remarkable project, developed out of a collaboration between Kids' Own Publishing Partnership’ and the IPRT, and supported by Community Foundation Ireland’s Toy Show Appeal, offers a glimpse into the lives of children and young people navigating the complexities of having a parent in prison – voices and stories which are often unheard and unrecognised.
Through their own words and drawings, the children and young people share their experiences of parental imprisonment highlighting the pain of separation and the challenges of simply keeping in contact.
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- Irish Independent: Thousands of Irish prisoners receive no in-person visits from family or friends
- Survey: Understanding the financial impact of imprisonment on families and children
- The Sunday Times: Number of pregnant women in Irish jails at a record high
- Report launch: Boxed Out: Higher Education, Criminal Convictions, and Perceptions of Risk
- Irish Examiner: Coroners still to hold almost half of inquests into prisoner deaths in last 12 years
