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Extract from Mark's `And I Need My Dad'

You are not here
Like my friend's dad
To build rocket-ships
And kick a football...

You are not here
Because you are there:
Inside doing time,
And I need my dad.

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About the Author

Lucy Baldwin is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at De Montfort University Leicester. She is also a qualified Social Worker and Probation Officer having practised in her native North East. She convened the Women Family Crime and Justice Research Network at De Montfort and is the editor of Mothering Justice: Working with Mothers In Criminal Justice Settings (Waterside Press, 2015). She specialises in research surrounding mothering in and after prison and families affected by imprisonment. Ben Raikes is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Huddersfield University. He also works at the Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research. Ben has experience as a social worker and probation officer. He runs writing groups in prisons and is a co-founder of the International Coalition for Children with Incarcerated Parents (INCCIP).