Right of Prisoners
Advice
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) runs all public prisons in England and Wales. The purpose of this organisation is to manage prisons and support effective offender management. The head of the service reports to the Secretary of State for Justice. The main functions of prisons are punishment for crimes, isolating offenders from society and acting as a deterrent from committing offences. Prison officers are those responsible for enforcing rules and keeping order within prisons, supervising prisoners and performing security checks.
Prisoners have certain rights while being in custody:
- protection from bullying and racial harassment
- being able to contact a solicitor; and a
- right to healthcare (including support for a mental health condition).
How we can help
If you feel that your rights have been violated then your personal caseworker will collate information for our legal team to assess your case under the European Court of Human Rights statutes as well as the rights and duties of prison officers as stated in the Prison Act 1952. Their investigation will guide you in your subsequent instructions. To gain our assistance you need to open a case, if in prison then you would need to request access to the internet or ask someone to contact us on your behalf. Once on the website just click on the link at the top of the page, activated by the link at the top of the page, should you wish to start a case the caseworker will send you the suitable payment link.
Please note your caseworker can only give generic advice, their role is to prepare your details for handling by our legal team and to act as your point of contact, they will also issue you with your Password and PIN, these will be needed to log onto your client dashboard. From your dashboard you will be able to manage and view every aspect of your case, upload documents, images, files etc.