Prison Charities - Prison Charities Based in the United Kingdom, Prison Advice and Care Trust, Prison University Project (Paperback)

Chapters: Prison Charities Based in the United Kingdom, Prison Advice and Care Trust, Prison University Project, Howard League for Penal Reform, Prisoners Abroad, Forum on Prisoner Education. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Prison Advice and Care Trust (pact) is an independent UK charity that provides practical services for prisoners and prisoners' families. First established as the Bourne Trust in 1898, pact works at several prisons across the South of England and Wales. The charity runs a wide variety of services, including: family visitors' centres at prisons, offering information, advice and support to those visiting a prisoner; children's play services inside prison visits halls; 'first night in custody' support for new prisoners; pact lunch coffee bars at prisons; resettlement projects; and advice desks at courts. pact also campaigns for more government support for prisoners' families. pact was established in 2001, as a result of the merger of the Bourne Trust and the Prisoners Wives and Families Society (PWFS). Between them, the two organisations had 125 years experience of working with prisoners and their families. The Bourne Trust started out as the Catholic Prisoners Aid Society. It was established in 1898 by two Catholic lawyers, and the original aim was to help Catholic prisoners although in practice, help was offered to Catholics and non-Catholics alike. The Bourne Trust was based in London, but operated nationwide. It helped prisoners in all sorts of ways for example, finding work for ex-prisoners and providing them with lodgings and food. In 1905, a medical doctor was appointed to see and examine discharged prisoners free of charge. By 1923, the Trust was helping nearly 1,000 prisoners a year not only by providing practical...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16087757