PAS provides legal advice and information to prisoners in England and Wales regarding their rights, particularly the application of the Prison Rules and conditions of imprisonment.

PAS takes up prisoners’ complaints about their treatment inside prison by providing free advice and assistance on an individual and confidential basis, taking legal action where appropriate.

PAS has a Legal Services Commission Criminal Defence contract for prison law, and therefore PAS caseworkers can address the areas of concern faced by prisoners by way of legal action, including Judicial Review and representing prisoners at disicplinary hearings.

PAS runs the Prisoners’ Legal Rights group, which runs training courses and produces a quarterly Prison Law bulletin entitled ‘Prisoners’ Rights’. Membership of the group includes prisoners, solicitors, barristers, academics and non-governmental organisations.

The Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS) is an independent registered charity. We do not accept Home Office or Prison Service money as this may affect our independence. We receive most funding from charitable trusts and foundations.

If you have found the information on this site helpful or have received positive assistance from us, we would be very grateful if you could make a small donation towards the running costs of our organisation.