Abstracts
Résumé
La problématique des pères détenus soulève de nombreuses questions relatives aux rôles et fonctions habituellement assumés par le père, aux différentes étapes qui jalonnent la peine (arrestation, détention, libération) et aux services qui pourraient être offerts aux familles. Dix-neuf pères incarcérés, sept conjointes et deux enfants ont été interviewés sur ces questions. Ils disent n’avoir pu compter que sur le soutien de leur réseau informel (essentiellement, la famille et la belle-famille). Le soutien formel, offert par les différents services ou ressources qui pourraient oeuvrer auprès des familles, est décrit comme lacunaire. C’est au moment de l’arrestation et de celui de la remise en liberté que les besoins d’intervention semblent plus pressants. Lors de l’arrestation, les familles désirent pouvoir bénéficier de renseignements et de conseils sur le déroulement du processus judiciaire et du procès. Durant la détention proprement dite, les répondants souhaitent l’amélioration des lieux réservés aux visites familiales, tel l’aménagement de salles pouvant favoriser les activités parents-enfants, ainsi que l’implantation d’un système de transport offrant plus de facilité. Lors de la réunification familiale, les pères et leurs conjointes ont également dit souhaiter être mieux encadrés par un programme ou une intervention visant spécifiquement les pratiques parentales.
Abstract
The situation of incarcerated fathers raises numerous questions relating to the roles and functions normally assumed by the father in his family, to the different stages marking the sentence (arrest, detention, release), and to the services that could be offered to the families. Nineteen incarcerated fathers, seven spouses, and two children were interviewed on these questions. They report having only received assistance from their informal support network (primarily, the family and the in-laws). Formal support, provided by various services or resources that could work with these families, is described as deficient. The need for support and interventions appears to be most pressing at the time of the arrest and of the release. When the arrest occurs, families would like to receive information and advices about the functioning of the judicial process and the trial. During detention per se, participants wish for the improvement of the reserved family visit spaces, or even the fitting out of a unit favouring parents-children activities, as well as the establishment of a facilitating transport system. Upon family reunification, the fathers and their spouses mentioned their wish to be better supervised through a program or an intervention specifically focused on parenting skills.
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