Further advice and support
This section provides information about organisations providing advice and support to foreign national prisoners and immigration detainees, and their family and friends.
To find out more about individual organisations, click on the links below.
To find out more about individual organisations, click on the links below.
For those in prison
Hibiscus
Hibiscus provides emotional and practical support to Foreign National, EU National and BMER women (Black and Minority Ethnic and/or Refugee Women, including women seeking asylum) in prison in England and Wales.
Offenders' Families Helpline
The Offenders' Families Helpline provides information and support for families across England and Wales. All calls are free, from landlines and mobiles, and confidential. The helpline number is 0808 808 2003. It is open from Monday-Friday, 9am-8pm, and on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-3pm.
Prison Reform Trust
The Prison Reform Trust advice and information line can help with queries about prison rules and life inside prison. The freephone line for prisoners, 0808 802 0060, is open on Monday from 3.30-7.30pm, Tuesday from 3.30-5.30pm and Thursday from 3.30-5.30pm.
Prisoners' Advice Service
Prisoners' Advice Service provides legal advice and information to prisoners in England and Wales regarding their rights, the application of the Prison Rules and conditions of imprisonment.
Hibiscus provides emotional and practical support to Foreign National, EU National and BMER women (Black and Minority Ethnic and/or Refugee Women, including women seeking asylum) in prison in England and Wales.
Offenders' Families Helpline
The Offenders' Families Helpline provides information and support for families across England and Wales. All calls are free, from landlines and mobiles, and confidential. The helpline number is 0808 808 2003. It is open from Monday-Friday, 9am-8pm, and on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-3pm.
Prison Reform Trust
The Prison Reform Trust advice and information line can help with queries about prison rules and life inside prison. The freephone line for prisoners, 0808 802 0060, is open on Monday from 3.30-7.30pm, Tuesday from 3.30-5.30pm and Thursday from 3.30-5.30pm.
Prisoners' Advice Service
Prisoners' Advice Service provides legal advice and information to prisoners in England and Wales regarding their rights, the application of the Prison Rules and conditions of imprisonment.
For those in immigration removal centres
AVID
AVID (The Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees) is the membership network for all volunteer visitors to immigration removal centres, short term holding facilities and prisons. You can find details of individual visitors groups on their website.
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID)
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) is a registered charity that works with asylum seekers and migrants to secure their release from detention. BID works with detainees in all removal centres in the UK, and with many immigration detainees held in prison at the end of their sentence.
Detention Action
Detention Action provides emotional support and practical help to detainees in the London area. They support detainees in Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres, and in some prisons in London.
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC)
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) is a national organisation which supports community-led campaigns for justice in the asylum and immigration system, with a focus on supporting people facing forced removal.
AVID (The Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees) is the membership network for all volunteer visitors to immigration removal centres, short term holding facilities and prisons. You can find details of individual visitors groups on their website.
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID)
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) is a registered charity that works with asylum seekers and migrants to secure their release from detention. BID works with detainees in all removal centres in the UK, and with many immigration detainees held in prison at the end of their sentence.
Detention Action
Detention Action provides emotional support and practical help to detainees in the London area. They support detainees in Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres, and in some prisons in London.
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC)
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) is a national organisation which supports community-led campaigns for justice in the asylum and immigration system, with a focus on supporting people facing forced removal.
Asylum seeker and refugee organisations
Asylum Aid
Asylum Aid provides legal representation for people who need refugee protection, and campaigns for a fair asylum process.
British Red Cross Refugee Services
The Red Cross supports refugees in a wide number of ways, from providing emergency provisions for those facing severe hardship to giving orientation support and friendly advice to the most vulnerable.
Refugee Action
Refugee Action is an independent national charity that provides advice and support to asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.
Refugee Council
The Refugee Council provides direct help and support to asylum seekers, and works with them to ensure their needs and concerns are addressed.
Asylum Aid provides legal representation for people who need refugee protection, and campaigns for a fair asylum process.
British Red Cross Refugee Services
The Red Cross supports refugees in a wide number of ways, from providing emergency provisions for those facing severe hardship to giving orientation support and friendly advice to the most vulnerable.
Refugee Action
Refugee Action is an independent national charity that provides advice and support to asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.
Refugee Council
The Refugee Council provides direct help and support to asylum seekers, and works with them to ensure their needs and concerns are addressed.
Migrant organisations
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI)
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) is an independent national charity which exists to campaign for justice in immigration, nationality and refugee law and policy. Its main current activities are policy and campaigning, strategic casework, media, information dissemination, training and publication.
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) is an independent national charity which exists to campaign for justice in immigration, nationality and refugee law and policy. Its main current activities are policy and campaigning, strategic casework, media, information dissemination, training and publication.
Medical organisations
Freedom from Torture
Freedom from Torture, formerly the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, provides direct clinical services to survivors of torture who arrive in the UK, and strives to protect and promote their rights.
Medical Justice
Medical Justice exposes and challenges inadequate healthcare provision to immigration detainees.
Freedom from Torture, formerly the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, provides direct clinical services to survivors of torture who arrive in the UK, and strives to protect and promote their rights.
Medical Justice
Medical Justice exposes and challenges inadequate healthcare provision to immigration detainees.
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