Information leaflets

IPP Information Booklet     

This booklet for IPP prisoners provides information on what the sentence is and how the sentence works.

You can download this booklet here

PRISONER INFORMATION BOOKLETS

As part of our aim to provide information and help to prisoners and their families, we produce jointly with the Prison Service the following Prisoners' Information Books.
 
• Male prisoners and young offenders

PRT can supply individual copies free of charge to people with a relative or friend in prison. We can also supply individual copies to probation officers, solicitors, and other interested professionals but we have to charge a small amount to cover postage and packing. Please contact PRT offices for details of these charges.

The Prisoners' Information Book for Male Prisoners and Young Offenders is translated into 27 languages:
Albanian,
Arabic,
Bengali,
Chinese,
Croatian,
Dutch,
Farsi,
French,
German,
Greek,
Gujarati,
Hindi,
Italian,
Lithuanian,
Polish,
Portugese,
Punjabi,
Romanian,
Russian,
Serbian,
Somali,
Spanish,
Tamil,
Turkish,
Urdu,
Vietnamese,
Welsh.

Information Book for Prisoners with a Disability 
This information book explains where to go for assistance if you are in prison and have disabilities. It also gives information on your rights whilst inside.

Information Book for Prisoners with a Disability

You can also download this book in easy read

It is also translated into 27 languages:
Albanian, 
Arabic,
Bengali,
Chinese,
Croatian, 
Dutch,
Farsi,
French,
German,
Greek,
Gujarati,
Hindi,
Italian,
Lithuanian, 
Polish,
Portugese,
Punjabi,
Romanian,
Russian,
Serbian, 
Somali,
Spanish,
Tamil, 
Turkish,
Urdu,
Vietnamese,
Welsh,            

Each prison should have three copies of each book in its library.

PRISON RULES: A Working Guide. The Millenium Edition

This book is a comprehensive guide to the rules and regulations by which our prisons are run. Each prison rule is cited in full with the relevant Prison Service orders and Prison Service instructions.

Prison Rules: A Working Guide quotes extensively from the case-law on prisoners' rights and entitlements. It also draws upon reports from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and successive official reports and inquiries.

you can download it here