DoingTime, a guide to prison and probation

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  • First Thing’s First
    • Just been arrested?
    • Getting the help you need
    • Going to Court
    • Legal Aid
    • Before sentencing
    • The Legal stuff
  • The first weeks in custody
    • Insiders at Court
    • Transport to the Prison
    • Arrival at the Prison
    • The First Night
    • Initial Phone Call
    • Moving to your cell/wing
    • The Induction Process
    • Phone Credit
    • Personal Officer
    • Work in the Prison
  • What family and friends can do to help the prisoner
    • Family Visits
    • Visiting Rules
    • Leave a Message
    • Eyes and Ears
    • Assisted Prison Visits
  • Employment on release
  • Life behind the wall “DoingTime”
    • Cell life
    • Meals
    • Personal Items and Clothing
    • Post and Phone
    • Getting things Done
    • Prison Accommodation
    • Transferring Prison
    • Self help
    • Help with Reading-Shannon Trust
    • Drugs
  • How do prisons actually work?
    • Daily timetables
    • Canteen and Money
    • Incentive and Earned Privileges “IEPs)
    • Your own clothing
    • Prison staff you will deal with
      • Prison Officers Duties and Pay
    • Types of prison, and prisoners
    • Females and Juveniles
    • Assaults and Bullying
    • How probation works
      • The basics
      • How does the probation service work?
      • What does the probation service do?
      • Tagging or HDC
      • Community Service Orders
  • ROTL, Release on Temporary License
  • HMIP Annual Report 2019-20
  • Inspections, Complaints and the IMB
    • IMB Reports
    • The IMB
    • HMIP Scrutiny Visits Changes
    • HMIP to Inspect “troubled” prisons
      • HMIP Reports
  • How are the victims of crime dealt with?
  • Finding your Friend
    • Offenders with Learning Difficulties

First Thing’s First

If you are in trouble, or think that there is trouble ahead click on the links below: These pages will give you a quick insight as to what will, or may, happen to you over the next weeks or months. There is no guarantee that it will happen like this, but having some idea as to process will certainly help

  • Just been arrested
  • Going to Court
  • The Legal Stuff
  • Legal Aid
  • Getting the help you need
  • Before sentencing

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RSS Ministry of Justice Press Releases

  • Extra funding for organisations that steer women away from crime January 23, 2021
  • Policy paper: Concordat on women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System January 23, 2021
  • Transparency data: Workforce management information: MOJ January 22, 2021
  • Detailed guide: Coronavirus (COVID-19): courts and tribunals planning and preparation January 22, 2021
  • Guidance: Policy frameworks index January 22, 2021

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