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What to expect if you're sent to prison - prison rules and regulations, healthcare and education, prisoner rights

• Arriving at prison

  When someone arrives at prison they have at least one interview and…

• Prisoner privileges and rights

  Prisoners who follow rules can earn privileges. This is called the…

• Healthcare in prison

  Prisoners are entitled to the same standard of healthcare and treatment as…

• Vulnerable prisoners

  Staff are trained to spot prisoners at risk of bullying, suicide or…

• Pregnancy and childcare in prison

  Women who give birth in prison can keep their baby for the first 18 months…

• Education and work in prison

  Courses are normally available to help prisoners get new skills, for…

• Updated: 1 January 2010

Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) was the FCDO-funded women’s economic empowerment programme from 2017 to 2025.

• Updated: 1 October 2025

Information about COVID-19 and pregnancy from the Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).

• Updated: 25 March 2020

Get help and support if you or someone you know is a victim or in danger of female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as 'female circumcision' or 'female genital cutting')

Advice to give pregnant women on infections that can be transmitted via contact with animals that are or have recently given birth.

• Updated: 18 January 2017

Advice for women travelling and living abroad, including organisations that can help.

• Updated: 22 December 2023

Statistics produced by a range of agencies relating to the experience of women within the criminal justice system.

• Updated: 27 November 2014

Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance

We help UK life sciences companies to do business overseas and support foreign life sciences companies to invest in the UK.

• Updated: 24 May 2023