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Send money to a prisoner in England and Wales by debit card for free
Make a request for a social visit to someone in a prison in England and Wales
Use the service to find the location of people in prison when you do not know which prison they are in - contact details, what you need to include
Apply for help with the cost of prison visits, including travel to the prison, accommodation, meals.
Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
What to do if you have an electronic tag (including curfew tags, location tags and alcohol tags) and how to contact the Electronic Monitoring Service (EMS).
Helplines providing advice and support to the families of people in prison - including the Prisoners' Families Helpline
What to expect if you're sent to prison - prison rules and regulations, healthcare and education, prisoner rights
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
What happens to benefits if you or someone in your family goes to prison or is on remand.
Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison
How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence
Who can get parole for determinate and indeterminate sentences, represent yourself at a hearing and challenge a Parole Board decision
Join an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) to volunteer to check standards in prisons - find out how to apply
H1003 and H1004 forms for submitting requests for S47 or S48 transfer from prison to hospital.
Apply for parole if you're a young offender - who can apply, how to apply, help with parole, appeal against a decision
This form should be used for detained patients.
Complete these forms to notify the MOJ if a restricted patient has escaped or absconded from hospital and to notify when they return.
Use this form to request reconsideration of a Parole Board decision to either release a prisoner or to terminate the licence of an Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) offender.
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