Canadian coalition for children with incarcerated parents (CCCIP) – The CCICPA aims to ensure that the voices of children with incarcerated parents are heard at all levels of decision-making in the criminal justice system.
CFAD – Continuité-famille auprès des détenues is a community organization that assists women in conflict with the law and their families.
Kids with Incarcerated Parents – They are committed to providing tailored support and programs to children, youth and families who have experienced family involvement in the justice system, from arrest to reintegration.
Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS) – Mothers, sisters, aunts, daughters, grandmothers and wives meet monthly in Ottawa to share practical information and advice about the justice and corrections process.
MOMS Ottawa and Pros & Cons Prison Arts Program are very proud to introduce their new 11- episode podcast called “Prison Family”. Episode 1 will drop July 29th, 2025 with the remaining 10 episodes being released weekly thereafter.
Born from a sense of discouragement that policies related to incarceration are slow to change and a recognition that a significant portion of the general public is unaware of the larger societal impacts that occur when someone is incarcerated – the harms to family and social circles, to children and to future generations.
What’s it like to find out that someone you love has committed a crime, has hurt someone? Not top of mind thinking for most people, unless you are a prison family member. If you are, those thoughts intrude on pretty much every waking moment. People that we love have harmed someone else. That hurts. They have also harmed us, emotionally, financially, sometimes physically.
This series explores the impacts of incarceration on secondary victims – family members – who are innocent of any crime but are often victimized by the system that exists to punish the crime they didn’t commit.
MOMS Ottawa has been advocating for a more humane prison system for over a decade, in addition to support for female family members of incarcerated loved ones. Pros and Cons Program helps create music in prisons to support healing, restorative justice, victim support, and education.
Link to Trailer: https://prisonfamilypodcast.podbean.com/
Canadian Families and Corrections Network (CFCN) – Browse their website to see how they help with information brochures, research, programs and policies.
Relais Famille – Based in Montréal, they provides a variety of services to families who have a loved one in custody, in detention or being released from prison.
John Howard Society – They offer a guide to visiting in Ontario as well as a map of carceral facilities.