Resources for Prisoners, Women in Prison, Prisoners' Families

Action for Prisoners Families
Links www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk/Links/?id=50

Prisoners' Advice Service
PAS Links www.prisonersadvice.org.uk/links.html
PAS is an independent registered charity. We do not accept Home Office or Prison Service money as this may affect our independence. Information is available in: Chinese - French - Spanish - Arabic - Turkish - Urdu - Russian - Polish

PAS provides legal advice and information to prisoners in England and Wales regarding their rights, the application of the Prison Rules and conditions of imprisonment.

PAS takes up prisoners’ complaints about their treatment inside prison by providing free advice and assistance on an individual and confidential basis, taking legal action where appropriate.

PAS runs the Prisoners’ Legal Rights group, which produces a quarterly bulletin entitled ‘Prisoners’ Rights’. Membership of the group includes prisoners, solicitors, barristers, academics and non-governmental organisations.

PACT Prison Advice & Care Trust
Support for prisoners' families Links: www.prisonadvice.org.uk/?q=orgfamilies
Organisations that work with prisoners and their families www.prisonadvice.org.uk/?q=links
Information about prison; Support for prisoners' families; Support for prisoners and ex-prisoners;
Campaigning and umbrella organisations; Parents and carers; Drugs and alcohol; Emotional support
Money and debt; Housing and homelessness; Mental health; Victim support; Faith organisations; Restorative justice

The Griffins Society www.thegriffinssociety.org/ Voluntary organisation working for the care and resettlement of female offenders. Researches and promotes effective practice in working with women who are in prison or subject to criminal justice interventions in the community. The Griffins Society has a list of useful Links to a wide range of Resources www.thegriffinssociety.org/links.html

WIN - the Women's Information Network www.thegriffinssociety.org/win.html
Resources searchable database www.thegriffinssociety.org/win_database_res.html
Publications searchable database www.thegriffinssociety.org/win_database_pub.html
All the services in the database provide specialist support for women. You can access information about services in prisons and in the community. Examples of the kinds of topics you can search for include: support on practical things (eg housing, benefits etc), addictions, children and families, health (physical, mental, and sexual health), emotional support, domestic violence, volunteering and work. Enter words that sum up what you're looking for in the search box then click on the 'search' button. Examples of search terms you might use are: housing, child care, counselling, jobs, education, benefits, etc. You can use more than one word to narrow down your search eg housing london. Any services that match what you're looking for will appear on the screen. Click on the title of the project for more detailed information. If you don't find what you're looking for, try a different word(s) eg try accommodation instead of housing. If you are having trouble using the database, or you can't find what you need, then phone us or e-mail and we will help you find what you want. Our phone number is 020 7278 8198.

Visit www.innocent.org.uk/misc/cr_erzingclioglu_fss.html for an article on the unreliability of evidence, by Zakaria Erzinclioglu - Science and the law: A cause for concern

For articles about disclosure of evidence and other issues visit Innocent www.innocent.org.uk/misc/articles.html Disclosure, Problems/Help Miscarriages of Justice, Prisoners who maintain their innocence, Forensic science, In prison

Books listed by Innocent are at www.innocent.org.uk/books/index.html where downloads are available for some out-of-print books

Visit the Links page at INUK - The Innocence Network UK - www.innocencenetwork.org.uk/links.htm

See also False Confession links on this Site and Books on Miscarriages of Justice

UAI United Against Injustice
National Federation of Miscarriage of Justice Campaign and Support Organisations
www.unitedagainstinjustice.org.uk