Country by country
Helpful information about over 80 countries, including where to find out more about prisons and legal systems around the world.
Albania
- The UK in Albania website (part of the British Foreign Office) has a prisoner information pack and lawyer lists.
- The Albanian General Directorate of Prisons website is in Albanian but has a map of prisons (click to find addresses)
Argentina
- The UK in Argentina website (part of the British Foreign Office) has a list of local lawyers.
Australia
- The UK in Australia website (run by the British Foreign Office) provides a list of local lawyers, as well as information for prisoners (and their families and friends) in each Australian state.
- The website of the Department for Correctional Services in South Australia has information about all prisons in that territory.
- The Department of Corrective Services in New South Wales provides details about correctional centres in NSW.
- The website of the Victorian Department of Justice has a section about prisons, including visiting information and prison profiles.
- The Queensland Corrective Services has a Family and Friends section on their website with prison locations, visiting regulations and other useful information.
- The website of the Department of Justice for the Northern Territory gives information about the Darwin Correctional Centre and the Alice Springs Correctional Centre.
- The website of the Tasmanian Prison Service offers information for family, friends and children of prisoners.
- The Department of Corrective Services in Western Australia provides information about all prisons in the territory.
- The Australian Institute of Criminology has information about all prisons in Australia.
Austria
- The Austrian Ministry of Justice has webpages (in English) with information about Austrian courts, detention centres and the probation service.
- A list of English-speaking lawyers, translators and interpreters is available on the website of the UK in Austria (part of the British Foreign Office).
Belgium
- The website of the Belgian Ministry of Justice has addresses for all prisons in that country.
- There is a section entitled 'When things go wrong', offering a list of local lawyers and detailing the help you can expect from British Consular staff on the website of the UK in Belgium (part of the British Foreign Office).
- Fair Trials International has notes of advice on criminal proceedings and defence rights in Belgium
