It’s been 512 days and today I got to hug my fiancé at start and end of visit, and hold his hands throughout. I ran into the visit hall crying. It’s moments like this that most people take for granted but mean the world to us prison families ❤️
@PrisonR4rmAct During my 2018 visit to @OfficialBerwyn I was informed by the then Governing Governor the cost per head was £14,000. Afterwards, I contacted Berwyn to confirm it & was told £13,500 per head.
How on earth has the cost increased so much & the standards dropped so low? @MoJGovUK
My 82yo dad, who served his country and worked all his life has to pay £180pm for gas & electricity.
He won’t put the heating on. Just sits with a blanket over his lap to keep warm.
Yet we spend millions on housing migrants in hotels. It’s just morally indefensible.
First you reduce visit hours; ENHANCED is now 5 hours a month down from 8? WHY? Then you cancel todays visit, no notification..to clean the carpets?! No contact throughout visits except start and end? Maintaining family ties? @OfficialBerwyn@_Imbs_@InsideTimeUK@HMIPrisonsnews
@HMPBuckleyHall has 12 hours per month for enhanced prisoners, full contact throughout visits! @OfficialBerwyn PLEASE REVIEW YOUR ARCHAIC SYSTEM! what’s next? Bringing back slopping out!?
I thought @OfficialBerwyn was the future of the modern prison system?! Maybe if you spent time on maintaining family ties there wouldn’t be so many inappropriate staff/prisoner relationships in there, when the men can’t see their families! 18 females sacked since 2017!
@OfficialBerwyn “There is growing evidence that family support and maintaining family ties is not only important for the well-being of prisoners, but may also aid reintegration into the community following release from prison, and reduce reoffending”
Prisons should update there phone systems so u can ring them 😩 sometimes when I feel shit or missing him I just want to pick the phone up and hear his voice .. having to wait for him to ring just makes it harder
I visited “Pops” in the prison infirmary, who is suffering from dementia after 36 yrs of incarceration. He just lay there, his blue eyes staring at the ceiling. I wondered if he knew he was still in prison, or if his mind allowed him to be free?
You can find yourself terribly lonely in the midst of a crowd of people. The souls around you begin to feel like ghosts that creep in and out of your consciousness without any real connection, love, or friendship. Lost in a field of stone.
Why is it, if your supporting someone in prison, people don’t rally around or ask, how are you? How are you finding it? Anything I can do to help, let me help fill the void with the kids or give you a break, want some support? Nothing, JUST JUDGEMENT, COMMENTS AND OUTCAST!#prison
Prison relationships must be one of the most positive relationships on the planet. I never read anyone mentioning anything about having problems;-))
#prison#taboo
POLL: Should the UK stay out or rejoin the EU:
Rejoin: 53% (+5)
Stay Out: 34% (-3)
Don’t Know: 13% (-2)
Don’t Knows Excluded:
Rejoin: 61% (+4)
Stay Out: 39% (-4)
Via @Omnisis, On 17-22 November,
Changes w/ 11 November.
Let’s be honest: Brexit isn’t working.
British exporters are struggling, our living standards are falling and the UK is now the only G7 country with a smaller economy than before the pandemic.
Unless we face up to the harm Brexit is causing we can't start to address it.
Whilst I appreciate if he goes cat d and is found guilty, this would mean a re cat back to closed but until then. He’s a lifer and needs to progress :(
Anyone recommend a prison law solicitor? My partner has done EVERYTHING on his SP and more. Enhanced, adjudication free for 2 years, red band and gym orderly. But refused cat d sift due to a police investigation that’s been ongoing since 2019. Trial is august 2023! #hmp#prison
I thought our judicial system was innocent until proven guilty? His OM said she would recommend him but the police liaison said there’s an outstanding investigation and therefore sift was refused. Why can’t his progression continue until the case concludes?