Prison Law
Our Prison Law Department has an established reputation.
What We Offer
Our specialist team of experienced lawyers advise and assist clients with a wide variety of prison law issues which can include:
- Recall – for breaking licence conditions, poor behaviour or new offences
- Adjudications – or “nickings” where prisoner’s are accused of breaking prison rules and are entitled to advice and sometimes representation at prison
- Parole applications – where prisoner’s are seeking early release or post-tariff release and require the Parole Board to authorise release
- Treatment problems – a prisoner with mental health problems, placed in solitary confinement or “the block”, experiencing bullying or violence or discrimination, attempting suicide or self-harm or any other issues which is having a significant impact on their well being; we can also deal with transfer prison requests where a prisoner placed in a prison without the appropriate course or approaching release and placed far from home
- Release on temporary licence – assisting a prisoner obtain temporary release from prison as part of their sentence progression or for compassionate reasons
- Recategorisation – advising and assisting a prisoner progress through their sentence to improve their chances of parole release
- Applications for early release (HDC or for DTOs) – we can assist and advise clients on the test for release and ensure that the prison governor is correctly assessing the eligibility criteria
- Sentence planning - prisoners, particularly serving long sentences, significantly benefit from advice and assistance to ensure that they are managing courses and their time in prison efficiently to maximise sentence progression and release on parole
- Resettlement – applications for early release, parole and re-release following recall require suitable accommodation to which the prisoner can be released and requires specialist legal advice and intervention.
- European Court of Human Rights - we can assist and represent clients in relation to human rights issues arising in custody including treatment of prisoners with mental health issues, self-harm and attempted suicide
- Public law – challenging prison mis-treatment; obtaining support for resettlement and actions against the prison service
How We Work
We aim to provide continuing client care for both those whom this firm has represented in their criminal cases but we are also happy to assist those who have not had previous contact with this firm.
We welcome enquiries by telephone or letter or via our online service and will respond to all requests for assistance. We aim to return calls from new clients on the same day. We can visit any prison in London and surrounding areas.
We are an experienced and accessible team, who care about getting the best possible outcome for you and who will deliver the service you need in a way that suits your circumstances.
