Assisted Prison Visits Unit

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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, in an established relationship, as a couple, immediately before the period of remand or imprisonment was imposed. Assistance may also be given to someone who is the prisoner's only visitor. Application is by post only.

Qualifying income means you must be getting one of the following: Income Support; Income-Based Job Seeker's Allowance; Employment and Support Allowance (income related); 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.

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PO Box 2152
Birmingham
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