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Action for Prisoners' Families
Action for Prisoners' Families promotes the just treatment of prisoners' families by the prison system and society
across the UK. It encourages the development of, and acts as a voice for, organisations providing support to these families.
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Families Outside
Families Outside is a Scottish charity which helps hundreds of families each year through the
Scottish Prisoner's Family Helpline. Through research, training and partnership work, Families Outside aims to raise
awareness of the needs of families affected by imprisonment so that they can get the information and support they need
to cope.
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UK Embassies Overseas
A link to the British Foreign Office website listing all British embassies around the world.
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Know Before You Go
For essential travel advice and tips visit
www.fco.gov.uk/travel
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Fair Trials International
Fair Trials International seeks to help citizens accused of a crime in a country other
than their own to assert their rights to due administration of justice.
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CEP Probation
The Conférence Permanente Européenne de la Probation - the CEP - works to promote the social
inclusion of offenders through community sanctions and measures such as probation, community service, mediation
and conciliation
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International Centre for Prison Studies
The International Centre for Prison Studies seeks to assist governments and other relevant
agencies to develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment. It carries out its work on a
project or consultancy basis for international agencies, governmental and non-governmental organisations.
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Somebody Cares
Website for Prisoners Abroad payroll giving consortium.
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Human Rights Watch
An independent, nongovernmental
organisation. Human Rights Watch researchers conduct fact-finding
investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world.
Human Rights Watch then publishes those findings in dozens of books
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Penal Reform International (PRI)
An international non-governmental organisation.
PRI has members in five continents and in over 80 countries. PRI develops
programmes on a regional basis, assisting both non-governmental organisations
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www.probonouk.net
A website promoting legal pro bono work. Probonouk is a key resource for legal professionals, advice agencies, law students
and those involved in delivering legal education.
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The Prison Phoenix Trust
The Prison Phoenix Trust works in an original way to reduce offending behaviour by offering weekly
yoga and meditation prison classes to inmates and prison staff all over the UK and Eire. The Trust also sends out
resource books, CDs and tapes and maintains correspondence with prisoners.
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