Samenvatting

On any given day in the Netherlands there are 25,000 children who have an incarcerated parent. This is an estimate based on the average birth rate in relationship to the imprisoned population. In reality, the number of children with imprisoned parents is higher, because parents who are in pre-sentence detention are not included in these calculations. That we are obliged to estimate the number of affected children is both astonishing and painful. In this digital era, such data should be accurate and readily accessible.