Visiting Inmates.

Well I have visited an inmate only once. It was about 10 years ago. A friend was sentenced to 18 months.
Now I live in the south wales and when I went to visit him, he was in maidstone prison which is in the south east of the country. Visiting was from 12.00 pm to 3.30 pm.

To get into the prison you need a visiting order which the inmate sends you, the week before. If you miss the day, well hard luck., you will have to wait until the inmate sends you a new visiting order.

The doors open 11 am for you to go in. the officers check the visiting order and let the wing officer that an inmate has a visitor. As a group the group of visitors move through bared doors about three until you get to the visiting room, which looks like a village hall, with tables and plastic chairs, you can also buy drinks and hot and cold snacks. But you can't give anything to the inmate at the visit only what is on sale at the canteen.

The time went by so fast and then it was on my why home, I was trying to take it all in. No why did I want to be an inmate for real.

Hungary inmates

Inmates working in and outside a prison in Hungary,

Parole Hearings

Parole Hearings

I have posted a number of parole review photos on my " Flicker" page. The whole thing takes a number of days with both sides having their say.

Leading up to the parole dates their is a lot of work, to present a view that the inmate should go free. In most cases the victim is their with their family to make shore that the inmate stays behind bars.

In the US most inmates have their parole review, in the prison that they are house. They will be dressed in their prison issue, with shackes and handcuffes and sit with a guard at all times.

With all the points put across, the inmates is asked to leave the room. While the broad go over the case.
They use a special room in the prison administrative building for this.
 This could take a day or two to come to an agreement. The inmate is asked back into the room and in that moment they can say if the inmate will go free or to stay in prison for the next two years.
In most states the next parole review will be in two years time, and they will tell the  inmate what he needs to do to apace with the reviews needs.
 Most states will ask for an inmate to do 85% of their sentence berore they come up for parole again. 

UK Mug Shots

These are all young guys that have been convicted of robbery and will be in prison for a number of years.

The Inmate Chain

The Inmate Chain.

In the big cites of the USA,some jails move inmates around in bulk. This is known as " The inmate chain", up to a coach full of chained inmates can be moved on a day to day bases.

These moves are.

Jail to court.

Court to jail

Jail to jail

Jail to prison.


( Prison have their own coaches).

On each trip they use.

A driver armed, Guards armed, these depend on how many inmates are on each trip. On each trip. On the coach their is toilet on board. Between the driver and the inmates there is a wire mesh window built into a steel door. Inmates are handcuffed and shackled at all times. I have also seen a long chain that links all the inmates together, By the handcuffs or the shackles.

Suspets being moved 2

Out side the court building and the suspects are still being moved in this liked form.

Suspects being moved

This is one way of moving suspects around different parts of the jail and also to and from court.