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Your healthMain points – there are more on the next page.Your physical health Prisoners can get the same healthcare as anyone outside of prison. There will be an area in the prison for healthcare. There may also be a hospital in theprison. There will be a healthcare team in prison. These are people who give you healthcarelike doctors, nurses and dentists. You should be able to get lots of information about healthcare in the prison. All healthcare staff are trained to the same high standards as healthcare staff outsideprison. Tell healthcare staff if° you have any problems with things like drugs and alcohol° you have HIV or AIDS° you need to take medicine.65
Your mental healthMany people in prison have mental health needs. There are people that can help you.Tell healthcare staff if You had a psychiatrist or community psychiatric nurse or spent time in hospitalbecause of mental illness. You were taking medication in the community for your mental health. You feel worried or upset. You feel low or depressed. You feel anxious or frightened. You have difficulty sleeping or feel very tired. You think people are talking about you. You are hearing voices inside your head. You feel very angry. You feel confused or forgetful. You keep thinking the same thoughts over and over.66
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P R I S O N E R S ’I N F O R M A
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Who works in prison?The governor or
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About this bookThis book will tell
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Unconvicted PrisonersWho are unconv
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Somewhere to live• If you ask for
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If you are going to Crown Court to
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Transport from the prison if you do
Page 16 and 17: VotingYou can still vote while in p
Page 18 and 19: Other things about being a civil pr
Page 20 and 21: Keeping in touch with staff looking
Page 22 and 23: 3. The Joint Council for the Welfar
Page 24 and 25: How to make an appeal1. Speak to yo
Page 26 and 27: Working out how long you will be in
Page 28 and 29: More about offences committed befor
Page 30 and 31: Things to sort out - outside prison
Page 32 and 33: Paying rent - what to doWrite to yo
Page 34 and 35: 4. Council TaxWhat to do Tell your
Page 36 and 37: 7. Your state pensionYou will not g
Page 38 and 39: People who can help you in prison
Page 40 and 41: Keeping in touch with family and fr
Page 42 and 43: For all other prisoners You can hav
Page 44 and 45: LettersMain points Prison Service O
Page 46 and 47: You pay for the calls by buying som
Page 48 and 49: Contact with your solicitor and oth
Page 50 and 51: Prison lifeYour prison numberYou wi
Page 52 and 53: Your security categoryUseful wordsO
Page 54 and 55: Checking your security category to
Page 56 and 57: More about different types of priso
Page 58 and 59: What you can keep in your cell• Y
Page 60 and 61: If you move to another prison and h
Page 62 and 63: More about smokingYou cannot smoke
Page 64 and 65: Bedding - sheets and blankets for y
Page 68 and 69: Prison healthcare staffSome of the
Page 70 and 71: Your health records (healthcare sta
Page 72 and 73: Cures and medicines• There is no
Page 74 and 75: Drug and alcohol problemsMain point
Page 76 and 77: If you say you are not guilty• Yo
Page 78 and 79: Help you can get for drug and alcoh
Page 80 and 81: People to help you practice your fa
Page 82 and 83: Going to religious services or to o
Page 84 and 85: Prison RulesMain points• Prison R
Page 86 and 87: Things you can and cannot have• I
Page 88 and 89: PunishmentsMain points The punishme
Page 90 and 91: More about extra days• If you are
Page 92 and 93: More about hearings• Your may hav
Page 94 and 95: If you plead not guilty, or if you
Page 96 and 97: If the hearing is run by an indepen
Page 98 and 99: More about the ombudsmen• If this
Page 100 and 101: Segregation (more information in Pr
Page 102 and 103: Special accommodation is a cell pri
Page 104 and 105: Searching your cell and your things
Page 106 and 107: How you should be treated in prison
Page 108 and 109: What to do if you have been treated
Page 110 and 111: Disabled prisonersA law called the
Page 112 and 113: 1. Making a complaint about things
Page 114 and 115: Making a complaint about staff• I
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People outside the prison you can s
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3. Your MP• You can write to the
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Offender manager and other staffThe
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More about programmesThere are prog
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Each prison has a book called a dir
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Getting ready to leave prisonBefore
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More about housingNACRO is a charit
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Your healthYou can ask to see the d
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These tables show you what a rehabi
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Criminal recordsAll offences, spent
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If the governor thinks you are safe
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More about prisoners who can not be
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More about HDCIf you are to be rele
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ParoleThere is separate information
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Finding out about your paroleThe Pa
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Young offender institution supervis
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Just before your release you will b
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The conditions for standard sentenc
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Foreign national prisonersThe Early
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It can take a long time to decide o
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Young offenders and young offenderi
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Things you can do while in the YOIE
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This is called being on supervision
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civil prisoners- early release- con
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Llearning 121-122leaving prison- be
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sentences- how long- sentence plana
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This book will be available in a ra
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