The Edinburgh Prison Visitors Centre at HMP Edinburgh, has launched a new series of information books, written by children for children. The books are aimed at helping make visits easier and less distressing. There are three books in the series - 'Visiting Dad', 'Visiting Mum' and 'A Parents Guide'
The Scottish Government minister Aileen Campbell, Minister for Children and Young People, attended the recent launch at the Visitors Centre.
Ms Campbell MSP agreed the booklets were a fantastic idea and said: "I'd like to thank The Salvation Army and Scottish Prison Service for all their work in creating them."
The Edinburgh Prison Visitor Centre was
initiated and funded by the Onward Trust and has been in operation from the
early 2000’s. Firstly the WRVS managed the facility, but from mid-2004 The
Salvation Army took on this contractual role in relation to the management of
the centre on behalf of the Onward Trust and has been involved in this way over
the last 10 years. Every year around 50,000 people, 8,000 of them children, pass through the Centre.
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