Prisoners Who Are Foreign Nationals
The treatment in UK prisons of Foreign National Prisoners (FNPs) is degrading compared to the rehabilitative opportunities that are prescribed for UK prisoners. Their experiences of imprisonment are characterised by, “isolation, language barriers… no family contact, discrimination… limited understanding of the prison and criminal justice systems, and… problems linked to immigration-status, post-sentence detention, resettlement and deportation”. (Banks, 2011)
All FNPs who have been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 12 months or more are subject to automatic deportation from the UK unless they fall within defined exceptions. People contesting their deportation because they have family in the UK are no longer automatically granted legal aid and because of this, the demand for immigration advice from PAS continues to increase. We give FNPs an equal voice by explaining their rights, providing access to legal advice, increasing their understanding of UK law and encouraging them to assert their rights whilst incarcerated here.
PAS is Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) accredited, Level Three.
Consistently, 13% of calls to our Advice Line came from FNPs, equating to some 4,479 calls in 2022.
PAS Information Sheets
PAS Information Sheets in Foreign Languages
- What We Do – Albanian
- What We Do – Arabic
- What We Do – Chinese
- What We Do – Czech
- What We Do – French
- What We Do – Polish
- Foreign Nationals – Polish
- Complaints – Polish
- What We Do – Romanian
- Foreign Nationals – Romanian
- Complaints – Romanian
- What We Do – Russian
- What We Do – Spanish
- What We Do – Turkish
- What We Do – Urdu
- What We Do – Vietnamese
