Guidance on working with foreign national women offenders
Clinks, the Women’s Resource Centre and Women in Prison held a round table with about 20 organisations which provide services to women offenders. The aim was to explore the support needs of these groups, and how these might be met.
A wide range of issues was identified. One of these was a need for generic providers to be supported in their work with minority women (foreign nationals, BME, lesbian, disabled etc.).
This guidance has targeted foreign national women as a particularly vulnerable group which is over represented within the Criminal Justice System. It is based on the experience of organisations working with foreign national women and aims to provide some background information and guidance to those generic services that include foreign nationals within their client group, to increase the confidence of service providers, and help to ensure clients are treated appropriately.
