End Covid-19 jail visiting ban for children in England and Wales, MPs urge

Stopping contact with mothers in prison has put wellbeing of 17,000 children at risk, says joint human rights committee

The government needs to end the Covid-19 visiting ban on children in England and Wales whose mothers are in prison and consider releasing those who are low-risk, MPs and peers have urged.

The children of women who are imprisoned have the right to family life and that must be protected, the joint committee on human rights said.

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