It is the first time the pioneering Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids programme (HDHK), which was developed in Australia, has been run in a prison environment. Sign upThe eight-week programme was first delivered in HMP Barlinnie, followed by HMP Perth, and has so far involved 14 families with children aged five to 12. One dad who took part said: “It’s been great to reconnect with my son in a way you probably cannot even put into words…”. Due to the programme’s success, over two days in August, HMP Barlinnie staff trained a futher 23 colleagues from prisons around the country to run the programme in their locations. HDHK continues in Barlinnie and will now be introduced to HMPs Low Moss, Shotts, Kilmarnock and Dumfries in the coming months.