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Life behind the wall “DoingTime”
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HMIP Annual Report 2020-21
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2009 Prison Service Instructions

Do you need help and advice? You don't always get what you are entitled to unless you ask properly! We can introduce you to experienced lawyers can help you with parole, probation, immigration, adjudications, visits and any other complaints and disputes you have with the Prison Service or Probation. The solicitors are all experts on how the Prison Service/Criminal Law system works and will be able to provide to you the necessary advice and support to ensure you or your loved ones are treated fairly. These lawyers are "small enough to care about you, but big enough to fight for you" Click here to go to the list of lawyers in your area

Purple Visits, the remote system used by the prisons to allow "visits" to happen over a PC link, is changing to a new system called Prison Video. There will be some minor alterations in how the new system works, but the prison staff will be trained on helping visitors where needed

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Sometimes the stress and pain of crime, either as a victim or as a partner or family member of someone involved can be hard to cope with. If you need to talk contact the Samaritans; call 116 123

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You don't always get what you are entitled to unless you ask properly!

We can introduce you to experienced lawyers can help you with parole, probation, immigration, adjudications, visits and any other complaints and disputes you have with the Prison Service.

The solicitors are all experts on how the Prison Service/Criminal Law system works and will be able to provide to you the necessary advice and support to ensure you or your loved ones are treated fairly. These lawyers are "small enough to care about you, but big enough to fight for you"

and remember the old saying:

" A Man Who Is His Own Lawyer Has A Fool for a Client"

Click here to go to the list of lawyers in your area

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