Connecting Stories Beyond Bars
Promoting the dignity of people in prison with those who are beyond the bars
The Prison Insider team carries out various projects to produce and disseminate information and raise awareness about the rights of people in prison. These projects involve the participation of partners around the world.
A closer look at one of our projects: Connecting Stories Beyond Bars.
Stories and actions
The Connecting Stories Beyond Bars project aims to empower and amplify the voices of organisations of the families of people in prison in six countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada (Quebec), France, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
The project will help to promote the recognition of organisations of the families of people in prison as advocates of change. It is based on the ideas that their voices must be heard and that they can play a unique role if they are empowered, trained, and well equipped.
Connecting Stories Beyond Bars has two objectives:
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To strengthen the capacity of organisations of the families of people in prison and networks by providing training in partnership with partner organisations
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To address prejudice against people in prison and their loved ones by producing and disseminating multimedia content in collaboration with the partners, accessible in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
The project began by mapping out organisations of the families of people in prison. Bilateral and group meetings were then organised to kick off the collaboration and carry out a needs assessment, which established a collective framework for the training sessions to be organised in each country. The editorial line as well as the formats and content (interviews, testimonials) are developed with the partners.
Duration: November 2023 – October 2025.
Financial partner: Porticus Foundation
