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visiting a prisoner in england
flashgordon1952
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the rules for visiting are very simple ! you have to have a VO (thats a visitors order) which can only come from the prisoner him or herself). and have ID this means a driveing licence or passport. up too 4 i think can visit (but these rules are general ) insome cases 6 or 7 have been known to visit but rules in some prisons only allow 4 at a time unless in a special room. Again each prison has it own rules.
Every vistior is searched either bodily in most cases or by xray scanner.(some prisons its all three methods) also most prisons have drug dogs who are there at the entrance to stop drugs. strange they still get into the prison.(and they dont come from the visitors either). I must admit chidren visiting can be a traumatic experience for both the prisoner and child.
It is surpriseing how many people seem to think its cushy in prison ! well these rules proves it is not cushy even for the visitors.
In regards to the prison biggest problems drugs and alcohol its still appears to be rife in a lot of prisons ,i could name some but think its not for me to name names.
What i will say is that in a program about a particular prison in london alcohol was getting in by the prisons own governor who was caught with cigs and scotch whiskey .
I gather he was not the only one who they alledged to have been doing it (we assume for the money). this is how most drugs get in from the people who are suppose to know better ( prison officers ) offcourse i am shure 99% are law abideing officers and workers there but it only needs one bad apple . Drugs and alcohol are still the biggest problem in prisons. ahh yes mobile phones yes prisoners appear to get them somehow. as soon as one is taken off a prisoner (suppose to be destroyed) usually another one can be got in 24 hours
As a prison visitor myself for over 2 years i have seen and heard many things.
Every vistior is searched either bodily in most cases or by xray scanner.(some prisons its all three methods) also most prisons have drug dogs who are there at the entrance to stop drugs. strange they still get into the prison.(and they dont come from the visitors either). I must admit chidren visiting can be a traumatic experience for both the prisoner and child.
It is surpriseing how many people seem to think its cushy in prison ! well these rules proves it is not cushy even for the visitors.
In regards to the prison biggest problems drugs and alcohol its still appears to be rife in a lot of prisons ,i could name some but think its not for me to name names.
What i will say is that in a program about a particular prison in london alcohol was getting in by the prisons own governor who was caught with cigs and scotch whiskey .
I gather he was not the only one who they alledged to have been doing it (we assume for the money). this is how most drugs get in from the people who are suppose to know better ( prison officers ) offcourse i am shure 99% are law abideing officers and workers there but it only needs one bad apple . Drugs and alcohol are still the biggest problem in prisons. ahh yes mobile phones yes prisoners appear to get them somehow. as soon as one is taken off a prisoner (suppose to be destroyed) usually another one can be got in 24 hours
As a prison visitor myself for over 2 years i have seen and heard many things.
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Basil
"Name - Sybil Fawlty from Torquay, Specialist subject - the bleedin' obvious"
This does not include prison maintance or new prisons being built. i would say that this would be well into tens millions of pounds a year to cover these expenses .
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Can I ask... what's the procedure when they are let out? This is for someone who is eighteen so I'd assume they wouldn't need a parent/guardian present.
And do they have to check up regularly with an officer to update them on how their getting on in the outside?