An article about one of our clients,Tom Shannon, and the charity the Shannon Trust was recently in The Guardian newspaper.
Shannon Trust is a charity that promotes prisoner literacy.
It can be …

The Guardian has approached PAS for a statement in an article entitled: “Children denied visits to fathers in jail after rule changes – charity” – 03/12/15
“The lack of legal aid …

PAS would like to thank Kevin Pilgrim for his heartfelt contribution to our annual lecture last week. A transcript of Kevin’s speech, and that of His Hon John Samuels QC …

We would like to thank everyone who attended our PAS Annual Lecture last night and CMS Cameron McKenna for kindly providing an auditorium at their offices as the venue. It …

The lecture will be given by PAS Patron His Hon John Samuels QC with the lecture title: “Rehabilitation: Starry-Eyed Idealism, or a Realistic Aspiration?”.
RSVP: Please e-mail events@prisonersadvice.org.uk to book your …

Legal aid for prisoners was severely curtailed following the introduction of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 on 2 December 2013. The regulations mean that prisoners who had …

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Court of Appeal allows charities to challenge legal aid cuts for prisoners
Two charities have today (Tuesday 28 July) won the right to challenge legal aid cuts for prisoners after …

This year saw another enlightening and entertaining panel discussion.
Speaking on this years topic “Does the European Convention on Human Rights provide adequate human rights protection to UK prisoners?” were:
Nicola Padfield, …

Thank you to everyone who donated money or sponsored the PAS team for the LLST legal walk. We have so far raised £574!
If you haven’t donated there is still …

Congratulations to everyone who took part in this year’s Legal Walk. Well done to the PAS team, who put their best feet forward for this worthy cause.
The Legal Walk is …

In a judgment with implications for a series of legal challenges brought by affected prisoners, a Divisional Court consisting of one Lord Justice and a High Court judge have held that …

Our Community Care Caseworker has successfully obtained a direction for release on parole for a disabled prisoner who had been imprisoned for 30 years.
The prisoner in question is elderly and …