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RESOURCES
FOR ALL

Finding information and support can be difficult when a loved one is involved in the legal system. This section brings together useful , reliable, and accessible resources to help you better understand the procedures, meet your needs, and support you at every stage of the process .

Documentation

SURVIVAL GUIDE
FOR THE FAMILIES OF PRISONERS
FEDERAL

SURVIVAL GUIDE
FOR THE FAMILIES OF PRISONERS
PROVINCIAL

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
IN CASE OF CRISIS

Books and Research

At the prison borders: the families of inmates

Quebec Correctional Services: Information Document (2014)

United outwardly: maintaining the bonds, between visiting room and purgatory

The ambivalence of people who offend and of their prosocial relatives (in French)

Private family visits in Canada: between reintegration and increased control – a portrait of a system

One step at a time:
Rebuilding one's life after a crime has been committed within the family

The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family

Videos and Podcasts

Podcast: Voices of Rehabilitation by ASRSQ

Testimonies: Connecting stories beyond the bars by Prison Insider

Children's Books - French/English

Useful organisms

Relais Famille is a member of the following organizations and networks

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