Vaslui Prison — 11 October 2025. The sports hall of the Vaslui Sports High School filled with quick footsteps and unspoken emotions. For a few hours, the space became a place where children and their detained parents reconnected through the simplest shared language: play. The children arrived first. They sat quietly along the benches, holding their

Ich bin Sozialarbeiterin der Hoppenbank und durfte heute wieder mit einem schönen Anliegen in die Justizvollzugsanstalt Bremen. Heute war wieder „Game with Mum and Dad“, ein Spiel- und Begegnungstag für Inhaftierte und ihre Kinder. Vier Stunden, in denen Väter, die hier einsitzen, einfach nur Papa sein dürfen. Keine Gitter, keine Uniformen, kein Urteil im Raum

Bremen prison — 12 September 2025. “Daddy!” The word echoed across the sports hall of Bremen correctional facility as a three-year-old girl in a pink princess dress ran toward her father. The man, standing stiff and emotionless only moments before, dropped to his knees, opened his arms wide and held her tightly as she buried

At Jakub Błaszczykowski‘s* request, his participation in Game With Mum & Dad project was kept secret to prevent people coming only to meet him as a football star. He emphasised that he wanted to come for the children, to spend time with the families, spontaneously and without unnecessary attention.And that’s exactly what happened. When the

6 September 2025, Pińczów Prison (Poland) — Pińczów Prison welcomed the fifth and final Game with Mum & Dad (GWMD) event of the year in Poland, organised by COPE member Probacja. Probacja has been championing GWMD in Poland for three years, working closely with prisons, children and families to strengthen relationships and build trust. These events have become more

29 August 2025, Bremen Prison (Germany) — It wasn’t an ordinary Friday. The boy’s day began at 6:30 a.m. with the familiar ring of his alarm clock, waking him for another day of school. But that afternoon, he and his mother would drive to Bremen-Oslebshausen — to the prison where his father is serving his