If you are aged eighteen or over and on a qualifying income, you may be able to get help with the cost of travel when visiting a close relative or partner through the Assisted Prison Visits Scheme. A close relative means a wife, husband, civil partner, daughter, son, parent, grandparent, sister, brother or a step or adoptive parent / child / brother / sister. A partner means someone who lived with the prisoner, as a couple, immediately before they were sent to prison. A sole visitor is the prisoners only regular visitor. Application is by post only

Qualifying income means you must be getting one of the following:
+ Income Support;
+ Income-Based Job Seekers Allowance;
+ Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit with Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit with a disability element (income limit applies);
+ Pension Credit;
+ help with healthcare costs because you have been awarded a HC2 or HC3 certificate.
 

PO Box 2152

Birmingham

B15 1SD
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www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/adviceandsupport/keepingintouch/assistscheme/  

Close relatives or partners of prisoners, sole visitors 

Contact direct - write, phone or e-mail 

N/A - offices not open to the public 

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