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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
Prisoners who break the rules while behind bars face new community payback-style punishments like repair work and litter picking, under tough prison rules to be set out this week.
Find information on prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales, including how to arrange visits and how to stay in touch with prisoners.
The home of HM Prison and Probation Service on GOV.UK. We carry out sentences given by the courts, in custody and the community, and rehabilitate people in our care through education and employment.
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).
Wandsworth is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London.
Pentonville is a men’s prison and young offender institution in the London Borough of Islington, North London.
Elmley is one of 3 prisons for men that form the Sheppey Cluster in Kent, the other two being HMP Standford Hill and HMP Swaleside.
Hewell is a men’s prison in the village of Tardebigge, near Redditch in Worcestershire.
Durham Prison is a men’s prison in the city of Durham.
How to book and make a secure video call with somebody in prison.
Bullingdon is a men’s prison near Bicester in Oxfordshire.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
Leeds is an adult male prison in the Armley area of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Wormwood Scrubs is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London.
Nottingham Prison is a men’s prison in the Sherwood area of Nottingham and serves courts in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
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