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  • First Thing’s First
    • Just been arrested?
    • Getting the help you need
    • Going to Court
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    • 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
  • 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

North East Prisons

The prisons in the North East region are shown below, click on them for more details about a specific prison.

  • Deerbolt
  • Durham
  • Frankland
  • Holme House
  • Kirklevington Grange
  • Low Newton
  • Northumberland

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RSS Ministry of Justice Press Releases

  • Guidance: Code of Practice: electronic monitoring October 21, 2020
  • Official Statistics: Immigration and Asylum Ad-hoc Statistics October 21, 2020
  • Sobriety tags launched to tackle alcohol-fuelled crime October 20, 2020
  • Press release: Capacity boost for Yorkshire courts October 20, 2020
  • Detailed guide: Frankland Prison October 20, 2020

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