Friday 18 October 2013

Two kinds of visiting UK Prisons


Here are two photos that show the inmates that have visits in UK Prisons.

The top photo is of the convicted inmates that have visits, these visits can range from once a month in closed conditions. To three times per week open visits. But convicted inmates are housed in prisons far from their home towns at the beginning of their sentences. this gets shorter as the years come down and with good behavior. Then in the last few years of their sentence they can be housed in a prison near their home.
When an inmate is convicted he must wear a bright coloured  vest or blue or yellow sash that must be kept on through the whole visit, to stop escapes taking place.

The unsentenced inmate has a lot more visits with his family and his lawyer. To have the inmates lawyer visit they don't have to have a visiting order. These visits can be held in the family visiting room or in a closed room, but a guard will always be in the room too.
As for the inmates family they can visit on any number of days. But will always need a visiting order with them. The unsentenced inmate is most likely to be housed in his local prison.

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