A substantial body of international research has consistently documented a host of harmful and enduring outcomes associated with parental imprisonment. Yet in England and Wales, minoritised children’s experiences are largely absent within this scholarship, despite stark racial and religious disparities in the prison estate. This study focuses on the parental imprisonment of Muslim children, as this community has been increasingly criminalised in recent years and currently accounts for 18% of the prison population (or 1 in 6 prisoners). The project will use participatory methods and combine focus groups and narrative interviews with young Muslim adults to reflect on their experiences as children of prisoners. By integrating citizenship and punishment theories, this study will examine how parental imprisonment shapes this group’s sense of belonging and identity and their civic and political participation in society. This will include exploring how the unequal distribution of parental imprisonment converges with pre-existing inequality and marginalisation.