General factsheets for families

The information sheets on this page are intended for people who have a relative or friend in prison overseas. Although written from a British perspective, they may be useful for families and prisoners of any nationality.

We hope that these information sheets are useful. If you have any comments about them, or have advice on how they can be improved, please contact us.

For information to send to prisoners, please see our Information for prisoners section. If your relative or friend is in the last year of their sentence please also see our Coming home to the UK section.

General leaflet on how Prisoners Abroad can help (File size: 168KB)
This is our general leaflet which describes the work we do for families of Britons detained abroad.

What about me? (File size: 107KB)
This pamphlet provides information on some of the main issues confronted by the relatives and partners of people who are in prison abroad.

Family support organisations (File size: 300KB)
This leaflet lists some organisations that can provide advice and support to friends and relatives of somebody detained overseas.

What financial help is there? (File size: 62KB)
This pamphlet provides information on the financial assistance that may be available to families of Britons in prison abroad.

What about the children? (File size: 80KB)
This is one of the pamphlets produced for families of Britons in prison abroad providing information on some of the main issues confronted by the carers of children whose parent is in prison abroad.

Welcome home? (File size: 85KB)
This is a pamphlet providing information on the issues which arise for families when preparing for the return of a family member from prison abroad.

Getting in contact with other families (File size: 67KB)
This leaflet explains how Prisoners Abroad can help put families in touch with each other, via our Family Linking scheme.

Involvement with the media (File size: 75KB)
This fact sheet looks at the issues facing families who either receive or seek media attention for the case of their relative held in prison abroad.

How to send money to prisoners via the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (File size: 46KB)
This factsheet describes the process for sending money to prisoners overseas.

Visiting for the first time (File size: 108KB)
This factsheet contains information which may be helpful as you plan your first visit to a prison overseas. The information is also available on our Visiting page.

Power of Attorney form (159KB) and guidance notes (102KB) (Please note: the form is in Microsoft Word format)

These two documents help prisoners assign a power of attorney to manage their affairs whilst they are detained.

Please note that these leaflets are in pdf format, so you will need software such as Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. This can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website.