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You can now book a prison visit online

Booking a prison visit should be simple and straightforward. Until now that was far from the case. Booking a visit required both prisoner and visitor to jump through hoops: paper forms and drawn-out phone calls. And if the visit date turned out to be impossible, they had to start all over again.

Now you can book a visit online . It takes about 5 minutes. Before, picking an available date was pot luck. Now there's a date-picker that lets you select 3 possible slots instead of 1. It’s a straight-forward service with user-needs at its heart but, if you get stuck, you can call the prison's visits booking line and someone will help you with the booking.

Here's a very short film we've made about it:

By making it easier to book visits, prisoners will see more of their friends and family. Evidence suggests this will help their rehabilitation. Transformation isn't just about websites.

The service was built by the Ministry of Justice, with a combined team from the National Offender Management Service, HM Prison Service and MoJ Digital Services.

For more of the story behind this service, read Mike Bracken's account of his trip to HMP Rochester or check out the service’s transformation page .

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Comment by Pauline posted on 23 August 2015

How do you find out the prisoners number??? so you can go ahead with online booking of a visit?

Comment by Carrie Barclay posted on 24 August 2015

You can find a prisoner using this service: https://www.gov.uk/find-prisoner However it will be the prisoner's responsibility to get in touch with you to let you know their prison number etc.

Comment by linda posted on 15 August 2015

This service does not appear to work this is day 2 trying to use it

Comment by Olivia posted on 30 July 2015

Hi, If a visit is booked and someone cant make it, is it possible to change the name of one of the people to someone else?

Comment by Louise Duffy posted on 30 July 2015

It's best to contact the prison directly if this happens. You can find contact details here: http://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder

Thanks, Louise

Comment by Paige posted on 28 July 2015

Hi my partner was sent to nottingham today, I was on his previous list 4 months ago for a visit. Will that still be on the system all will it have to he put through again if so how long does it take to be approved for a visit? Thanks Paige.

Comment by Louise Duffy posted on 29 July 2015

You might want to get in touch with the prison first before booking a visit. You can find the contact details of the prison here: http://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder

Comment by Debs posted on 27 July 2015

Hello Is there a list of prisons where online booking can't be used?

Comment by Louise Duffy posted on 28 July 2015

According to the information on this page: https://www.gov.uk/prison-visits , you can arrange a visit to any prison in England and Wales through this service. If you're visiting someone in Northern Ireland or Scotland you'll need to contact the prison directly.

This link also lists the type of visits that are not covered by the online service: https://www.gov.uk/prison-visits so you need to get in touch with the prison directly.

Hope that's helpful.

Comment by c.steer posted on 26 July 2015

So how do I find the booking form to fill in I am new to computers

Comment by Louise Duffy posted on 27 July 2015

Here's the link to the booking form: https://www.gov.uk/prison-visits

You'll need this information to complete the form:

prisoner number prisoner’s date of birth dates of birth for all visitors coming with you make sure the person you’re visiting has added you to their visitor list

Hope that's useful.

Comment by Shawnaa posted on 09 May 2015

i have a visit booked which i did online but i do not have a visiting order woll the prison let me in?

Comment by Carrie Barclay posted on 11 May 2015

Your identity will be checked on arrival to make sure you’re on the visitor list.

Comment by jessicca posted on 27 January 2015

What happens after you book the visit and its confirmed by email do you need the visiting order ?

Comment by Carrie Barclay posted on 29 January 2015

The Visiting Order (VO) number is generated by the booking system, it is included in your confirmation email and you will need this to change or cancel a booking.

However, if you're visiting a prison the guidance is that you only need your ID, not the VO number. If when you visit the prison you are asked for the VO number you should report this via the Contact Us link on the Prison Visits Booking form.

I hope that helps.

Comment by Ilysa Mcnally posted on 18 November 2014

How late in advance can I book e.g. book a visit today (Tuesday) for the Sunday coming???

Comment by Carrie Barclay posted on 19 November 2014

Hi Ilysa. Thanks for your question. A visit needs to be booked 3 working days in advance. So in this case, the visit request would have to be no later than Tuesday to allow for a visit on Sunday.

Comment by carole posted on 23 October 2014

How far in advance can you book visits

Comment by Carrie Barclay posted on 23 October 2014

Hi Carole. You can book up to 28 days in advance. Thanks for your question.

Comment by kimberly posted on 16 August 2015

does anyone know how to cancel a visit online?

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HMP Swansea, Visits & getting there

Visits are held at the following times:

• Mon – Fri: 10:00-11:30, 13:45-14:45, 15:15-16:15
• Sat- Sun: 13:45-14:45, 15:15-16:15

You can book online at www.gov.uk/prison-visits . All you need is the name and date of birth of the person you are visiting , their prisoner number and details of the visitors. You can choose up to 3 possible dates and times. Prison booking staff will check what’s available and confirm your visit by email. If you’ve made an online visit booking request and haven’t received a confirmation email within 1-3 working days, email [email protected] .

You can book by phone on 01792 485322. Lines are open Monday to Friday 08:30 – 12:15 & 13:45 – 16:00. All visits must be booked at least 24 hours in advance.

There is a visitors centre click here  or call 01792-458645. You are advised to arrive ¾ hrs before your visit for the formalities. You will be expected to provide photo ID and proof of address, and you will be searched prior to being admitted to the visits hall. Like at all prisons, you can’t take mobiles, cigarettes etc into the visits hall and these need to be left in lockers.

The prison is close to the city centre opposite city hall. From the Quadrant Bus Station, walk to the seafront, cross two sets of traffic lights and the prison is on your right hand side. From the train station it is about a 20 mins walk.

If driving from the M4 westbound exit at junction 42 and then take the A483 (Fabian Way), go past the Amazon warehouse, which is on your right-hand side. Go through the next 5 sets of traffic lights (you will pass a Sainsburys on your left at the third set of lights). Go along the sea front, through four further sets of traffic lights. The prison is on your right hand side. The prison doesn’t have a visitor’s car park, but there is a public car park opposite

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• Accommodation: The prison provides multiple residential units with individual cells or shared accommodation for inmates. The cells are equipped with basic amenities, including beds, personal storage, and sanitation facilities.
• Education and Vocational Training: Swansea Prison places a strong emphasis on education and vocational training. Inmates have access to a range of educational programs, including basic education, literacy, numeracy, and accredited courses. Vocational training opportunities are also available to develop employable skills and enhance prospects for successful reintegration into society.
• Work Opportunities: Inmates at Swansea Prison have access to various work activities within the prison, such as maintenance, cleaning, kitchen, and other designated roles. These work activities aim to develop skills, promote discipline, and instill a sense of responsibility.
• Healthcare: Swansea Prison has an on-site healthcare unit staffed with medical professionals who provide primary healthcare services to prisoners. Mental health support, substance abuse programs, and specialized medical care are also available.
• Family Contact: The prison recognizes the importance of maintaining family relationships and facilitates visits and contact with family members, subject to specific guidelines and regulations.
• Resettlement Support: Swansea Prison offers pre-release planning and support to help inmates prepare for their eventual release. This may include assistance with accommodation, employment, and access to community-based support services.

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'Everybody has the right to be safe in prison': Meet the Prison Listeners inside HMP Swansea

• Tuesday 19 December 2023 at 12:30pm

Hamish Auskerry

Reporter, ITV Wales

Watch the video report by ITV Wales journalist Hamish Auskerry

- The story involves subjects which some viewers may find upsetting

Walking inside a prison is quite an intimidating experience, even if it is just for a brief working visit.

Every few metres there's a heavy door that needs unlocking by the guard accompanying us before we arrive on the induction wing of HMP Swansea. This is where people stay for one or two nights usually before they are moved into their longer-term home for the duration of their stay in prison.

The length of their stay in prison will vary, but in some cases the effects on the mental health of those who spend time in prison can be a life sentence.

People in prison are a particularly at risk category when it comes to issues such as suicide and self harm.

Samaritans say the increased risk is due to a unique combination of pre-existing factors as well as the prison environment itself. People in prison are more likely to come from deprived economic backgrounds, more likely to experience alcohol and drug-related harms, and more likely to have lived through traumatic life events.

All of these factors are connected to suicidal thoughts, feelings and actions.

Inside the prison we meet Iestyn. He's here on a drug charge and has served 10 months on remand. He has just finished his Samaritans training to be a Prison Listener and is ready to help those around him when they need it.

"The reason I wanted to be involved is because it's good to help people", he told me. "I've been through some of this stuff in the past so it's good to reflect it onto someone else".

We also meet Steven, not his real name, who is serving a 9 year sentence for drug and driving offences. He's an experienced Listener and sits down with Iestyn to share some of his experience.

"We've got to build trust with a caller, they're not going to open up to you straight away", Steven explains to Iestyn.

"As the call goes on you build trust, and the more trust you build the more they will open up".

Listeners do not give advice and they do not judge. They are trained just to listen to those also living in prison in the moments when they need it most.

The call button in everyone cells can be used to speak to a guard, or a Listener, and Steven says the calls range from all aspects of life struggles like relationship and family issues all the way through to fear and discomfort in prison or general mental health concerns.

Samaritans says there are features unique to the prison environment such as social and physical isolation, bullying, uncertainty about sentencing, inconsistent regime and greater likelihood of exposure to suicide can make this risk worse.

Tilly, also not her real name, is the Branch Prison Support Officer for Samaritans at HMP Swansea. Volunteers choose a "Samaritans name" when they start in order to allow them to safely help others.

Tilly says prison can be a scary place, particularly for those for whom it is their first time.

"When people come into prison they're often feeling lost and in quite a lot of distress. The Listeners are in a unique position to stand next to them and offer empathy.

"We train them to listen, we train them about self harm and suicide and they stand alongside them in the most difficult of times.

"Everybody has the right to be safe when they come to prison and the Listeners keep them safe by just listening to them and supporting them".

I asked Tilly what she made of the view of some in Wales that prison should be an unpleasant place, given it's usually a place where people are being punished for breaking the law.

"It's not about why they're in prison, it's about the fact that when people come to prison they serve their sentence, and then they leave and try to rebuild their life.

"People should be safe in prison, and that's where the Listeners come in."

The Samaritans are calling for the Welsh Government to place an emphasis on prisoners as a high-risk group when it publishes its forthcoming suicide and self harm strategy for Wales.

They want the discussion about combating suicide to be framed more widely, taking into account the range of life experiences and risk factors that contribute.

The Welsh Government say a publication date for their new strategy has not yet been confirmed, but committed to including "priorities to develop capability and response in key settings where the most vulnerable to self-harm and/or suicide might present.

"One of the key settings is prisons", it said in a statement.

The people in prison at HMP Swansea that we spoke to said it felt safer than others they had experienced, and that the Listener scheme was well-used by those living there.

His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service told us that most vulnerable prisoners have access to "round-the-clock care and mental health services".

In a statement it said: "HMPPS has ensured vulnerable prisoners get the mental health support that they need by increasing staffing levels alongside specific training on self-harm prevention.

The Prisons Service said it funds Samaritans through a grant that will provide £625k each year to support the Prison Listener programme.

Across the UK, HMPPS says it has increased staffing levels with a substantial increase of 1441 Full-Time Equivalent Band 3-5 prison officers in the 12 months ending 30 September 2023.

The Prisons Service says last year’s recruitment means there are now an extra 4,655 prison officers than in March 2017.

As we neared the time for us to leave HMP Swansea, I asked Iestyn what his message would be to anyone who is starting their time in prison during the festive period.

"Basically, we're here to help you. So don't be scared, if you need anyone to speak to, we're here".

If you have been affected by anything in this article, help and advice can be found  here .

Samaritans is available day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at [email protected], or visit www.samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.

The Mental Health Helpline for Wales is available to take your call any time, day or night. Freephone 0800 132 737 or text 'help" to 81066 (charged at standard network rate)

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Behind the gate: hmp swansea.

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• 1st March 2021

Her Majesty’s Prison Swansea is a Category B/C male adult prison located in the Sandfields area of Swansea, in Wales. The prison is operated by HMPPS and is known locally as Cox’s Farm, named after a former governor.

Originally built between 1845 and 1861. Before the prison was built, inmates were held in Swansea Castle, which housed both male and female prisoners. When the prison was completed it held both male and female prisoners up until 1922, when all female prisoners were sent to Cardiff prison.

Swansea was one of the death prisons – prisons where judicial executions were carried out and between 1858 and 1958, a total of 15 men were executed by hanging at the prison. In the early days, from 1858 until 1866, these executions were done in public so as to allow the local populace to observe justice being done with their own eyes. The last public hanging at HMP Swansea was carried out on the 12th of April 1866 – a man named Robert Coe, convicted of murder – and was executed by the regular hangman William Calcraft.  

Most notably in 1949 Swansea prison was the scene of a double hanging. Two men named Jones and Mackintosh, convicted of unrelated murders, stood together on the same gallows and faced the drop together. By this time, double executions had become rare, as multiple executions had really been theatrics for the time of public executions, something to fire up the crowds and get them excited. Double executions were ended in 1952. The last execution at Swansea was on the 6th of May 1958, when 24-year-old Vivian Teed was hung for murder in the prison. All remains of executed prisoners were buried within the grounds of the prison on un-consecrated ground.  

In the early 1980s and 1990s HMP Swansea had a serious suicide problem amongst mainly young prisoners. In response, they started up the Prisoner Listener Scheme (later shortened to ‘The Listeners’) and in conjunction with The Samaritans they trained prisoner volunteers to help out. It was such a success that many other prisons adopted the scheme. Unfortunately, Swansea continued to have serious issues with self-harm and suicide. In 2014, eight prisoners killed themselves at HMP Swansea, and the prison was described as ‘not fit for purpose’. In 2018, a prisoner was found hung dead in his cell just days after the publication of a damning Inspectorate Report. The then Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke said – “Quite simply, not enough has been done to understand the sort of problems they (prisoners who died) may have been facing and to prevent them inflicting harm and death upon themselves.”

In April 2002, an inspection report from HMCIP condemned conditions for inmates at Swansea Prison. The report called on the prison to improve cleanliness and sanitation, particularly for vulnerable inmates who are housed away from other prisoners. The report also highlighted the lack of showers in all areas, which meant that not all inmates were able to shower every day. However, the prison was praised for its rehabilitation of inmates.  

Four months later, a survey of prison numbers revealed that Swansea was the most overcrowded prison in Wales, and one of the top five most densely populated in Britain. Statistics showed that Swansea was holding 145 more inmates than the 219 it should have been accommodating. Overcrowding has been an issue at the prison ever since.

Prisoners are employed in the prison’s workshops, kitchen and recycling units. Full and part-time education is also provided. Other features include a Prisoner And Liaison Support Scheme, a Swansea City AFC Social inclusion officer scheme, Prisoner elected councils, Job Centre Plus, Housing Officers and Community Chaplaincy.

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Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA): 265

Population: 406

Swansea is a local prison holding adult and young adult males. It is a Category B/C Prison. It is one of the most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales.

Read Swansea’s latest inspection report here.

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Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA) is the prison service’s own measure of how many prisoners can be held in decent and safe accommodation. Any occupancy above CNA means that the prison in question is overcrowded.

Prisons in England and Wales fall into four separate security categories. Some prisons can operate under more than one category.

Category A : Category A prisons are high security prisons, holding those individuals considered the most threatening to the public should they escape. Category A prisons should not be overcrowded, given the high levels of security required.

Category B: Category B prisons, or local prisons, are the largest category of prison. They tend to hold un-sentenced prisoners, prisoners on remand awaiting trial, short-sentenced prisoners or those newly sentenced and awaiting transfer to another prison category. Category B prisons tend to be the most overcrowded, with a constantly churning population.

Category C: Category C prisons are sometimes called ‘training prisons’. They are meant to offer education and training to prisoners and the vast majority of prisoners on longer sentences will spend time in Category C accommodation. Historically not overcrowded, we now see more and more Category C prisons running overcrowded regimes.

Category D: Category D prisons offer open conditions and house those who can be reasonably trusted not to try to escape. Prisoners in Category D prisons will be given Release On Temporary Licence (ROTL) to work in the community or go on home leave, usually returning to the prison in the early evening. The majority of Category D prisoners will be towards the end of their sentence, and their period in open conditions is preparing them for their eventual release. Category D prisons tend not to be overcrowded.

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Prison Overcrowding: Swansea Inmates Living In Cells “Cramped and Lacking Privacy,” New Report Reveals

The Victorian-era prison has again been labeled by the probe as being too overcrowded, with many cells designed for one hosting two prisoners .

Prisoners are still being subject to conditions described as the worst in England and Wales

1 in 10 inmates told the Inspectorate that they had been assaulted by staff

New arrivals given just half an hour of fresh air a day. 

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Conditions inside HMP Swansea, one of the most ancient in Wales, have been revealed in the latest report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIOP).

The unannounced inspection back in late February to early March 2023 found major failings in the category B facility. 

A repeating theme running through probes into the city’s prison, built between 1845 and 1861, is a significant overcrowding problem described by the Inspectorate as “one of the most overcrowded in England and Wales.”

The prisoner population stood at 406 men, much more than the 265 certified normal capacity, at the time of the visit. 

Putting two inmates in a cell designed to hold just one is “never desirable” says the Inspectorate, but the practice is happening at scale in the prison.

HMP Swansea still does not comply with the 2015 UN standards for prison conditions, dubbed the Nelson Mandela Rules, which permit only one inmate per cell.

The Inspectorate commented: “Most prisoners lived in overcrowded cells which were cramped and lacked privacy.” A survey of prisoners paired with the report shows that 83% of inmates were sharing a cell.

The target the current prison leadership has been given is to reduce the maximum operational capacity from 492 to 468. Much of this overcrowding problem is in the hands of other authorities within the criminal justice system.

Only minimal changes have been made to counteract living in a Victorian-era facility, such as putting up privacy screens and adding lids to toilet bowls. But the watchdog added that there was no lockable storage for the inmate’s personal items, for example.

Questions have also been raised in the report over the prison officer’s use of body-worn video (BWV). According to the latest figures, only 60% of incidents were filmed on BWV cameras worn on the chest or shoulder, and few were activated soon enough to capture the start of any altercations.

But the report also mentions that no uses of batons or PAVA spray were recorded by staff. Acts of violence had reduced significantly from the figures published in the last inspection, “fights and assaults” were down from 281 incidents per 1,000 prisoners to just 88. There were only 34 violent incidents in the previous 12 months, according to prison chiefs.

The drastic drop in these figures of noted violent incidents, although promising, are recorded by officers and maintained by management. The anonymous prisoner survey admits that 11% of inmates had been the victim of physical assault and 18% of threats and intimidation. Almost 1 in 10 told the Inspectorate that they had been assaulted by staff.

In the induction cells, HMP Swansea’s B wing, the Inspectorate notes that the “regime… was worse than in the rest of the prison” as new inmates only had access to as little as 45 minutes out of their cells a day. 

New arrivals were given just half an hour of fresh air a day and permitted 15 minutes to shower, as well as the discovery that there was no formal induction programme to help men adapt to prison life.

Outdoor jackets were not routinely supplied to prisoners for when they were allowed out in the exercise yard except to older inmates, and there were no purposeful activities given apart from walking or running laps.

Questions about healthcare inside the prison should also be raised. Whilst on site, Inspectorate officials witnessed via the small hatch manned by health workers “missed doses of important medicines”, and described the prescribing of meds on unexpected release as “not robust”. Uptake for miracle overdose reversal drug Naloxone on release was also said to be poor. 

Dyfodol, the agency doing substance recovery work on the inside, is mentioned as having done good work among prisoners including in-cell and face-to-face. Officials note that they hadn’t been given access to patient clinical records by prison management “which presented a risk,” according to the Inspectorate.

Provisions for disabled inmates should also prove an area for concern as the prison only had one cell adapted for inmates who use wheelchairs. 

One wheelchair user was documented as not having been able to shower “for some time” due to lack of facilities.

Details of the full report and accompanying staff and inmate surveys, released in June but unreported in the Welsh press,can be found on the Justice Inspectorate website .

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Federal trial ready to begin for Swansea snack salesman at U.S. Capitol riots

FALL RIVER — Former grocer and Swansea resident Michael St. Pierre, accused of participating in the riot on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, heads to the federal District of Columbia District Court on April 15 for the start of his trial.  

St. Pierre opted out of defending himself in front of a jury and will have a bench trial before federal Judge Jia M. Cobb, according to court documents. 

Records also show that St. Pierre that met with federal prosecutors on Oct. 27 and again on March 12, and informed them that he was not willing to plead to any felony charges and no deal was offered. 

St. Pierre is facing eight criminal counts, including obstruction of a civil proceeding, for allegedly attempting to impede Congress’ certification of the Electoral College vote in the 2020 presidential election between President Joe Biden and then-President Donald Trump. 

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St. Pierre is the former owner of the Family Foods Grocery Outlet, which was located on William S. Canning Boulevard and shuttered after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Until recently, he owned the Snack Factory on Pleasant Street, where arresting FBI agents and law enforcement officers took him into custody last July.

St. Pierre now has an online-only store called Snack Slinga .

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St. Pierre caught on camera and social media during Capitol riot 

St. Pierre never made it a secret that he was in the crowd of rioters that stormed the Capitol. 

In fact, he shared a video of himself on social media during the riot, and those images went viral, catching the attention of the FBI. 

In one video posted to his Facebook page, St. Pierre was seen wearing head gear and a flak jacket, saying he wants to grab Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by the hair and twirl her around.   

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In another Facebook post, he can be heard saying as the crowd got closer to the Capitol, "That’s where the meeting ground is, hopefully they’ll bust through, and I’ll join them."  

A TikTok video of less than two seconds shows St. Pierre lobbing an object into the building at a Capitol door with other rioters as they violently worked to storm the entrance.  

A week after the Capitol riot, St. Pierre told The Herald News that the object he threw was a piece of a flag someone handed him. He denied ever breaching the building. 

In that interview, he expressed regret over his participation, saying he was “caught up in the moment.” 

In a preliminary list of evidence that the government filed with the court, there are a slew of videos and still photographs that could be presented at trial, including Capitol surveillance footage, third-party videos, some the government indicates have not been previously released. 

Also among the listed exhibits is a video interview with St. Pierre after the riot with Providence television station WJAR. 

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What the federal government alleges 

In a court filing, federal prosecutors allege that on Jan. 6, St. Pierre entered a restricted area in the Capitol wearing a body armor vest and carrying a megaphone on the West Front lawn, and “encouraged, incited, and aided rioters on the Northwest stairs scaffolding.” 

And while on the north side of the Capitol, “St. Pierre encouraged, incited, and aided rioters” as they fought with U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department. 

“The government alleges that he shouted encouraging and inciting phrases in his megaphone, he joined rioters as they pushed against officers in an attempt to overrun the North Doors, and he threw a metal flagpole top at the North Doors after officers had retreated behind those doors,” wrote federal prosecutors.