Firstly, and most importantly, thank you to all the participants within this research, who are all busy in their roles within the prison and took time out to talk to me about their work with, and for, families of people in prison. Thank you also goes to the members of staff within the research department at the Scottish Prison Service and each of the prisons who facilitated this research and the recruitment of the officers who went on to take part in interviews. The support of the prison

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... rs in particular in allowing the research to take part in their establishments is also greatly appreciated. Thank you also goes to the Scottish Prison Service for allowing me to carry out this research within their establishments. Finally, thank you to the Economic and Social Research Council who supported the research financially through a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Strathclyde (ES/V010107/1). Thank you also to Dr Cara Jardine who reviewed the report before its publication.