The Government has responded to an open letter from charities Women in Prison and INQUEST, signed by a coalition of organisations including PAS. The letter – which was sent to …
PAS receives numerous calls from prisoners struggling to get information on the progress of End of Custody Temporary Release (ECTR) applications. PAS contacted the ECTR team to clarify the process. …
Our colleagues at Appeal have created a set of tools and resources for those with clients or loved ones in custody at this time of crisis, including template letters on …
This morning, PAS solicitor Laura Orger appeared on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire news programme to discuss the temporary release of prisoners with severe health issues during the coronavirus crisis.
PAS assisted a prisoner who had called our Advice Line about the refusal to grant him release on Home Detention Curfew (HDC), the scheme under which prisoners can be released …
PAS has received access to further guidance and policy documents relating to the treatment of prisoners during the Covid-19 pandemic, which should be, but are not, available to the public …
On 24 April, just one day after we posted on our website the guidance on compassionate release during Covid-19, which we had only managed to obtain in the course of …
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, Prisoners’ Advice Service has taken various steps to try to assist prisoners with serious health conditions. This has included drafting a template letter with which an …
On 4 April the government announced that in response to the Covid-19 pandemic it would be bringing in measures whereby prisoners nearing the end of their sentence could be released …
On 15 April, Prisoners’ Advice Service sent an urgent letter to the Secretary of State for Justice/Public Protection Casework Section asking for the existing guidance on Early Release on …
PAS Trustee, Eric Allison, quotes PAS Director, Lubia Begum-Rob, in Guardian article exposing Ministry of Justice (MoJ) policy of forcing prisoners with cold and flu symptoms to share cells with …
PAS is calling for the release of low risk prisoners and those who are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus (see above). Please find below a draft letter for anyone to …