# PRISONERS&#x27; ADVICE SERVICE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1054495
- **Other names:** PRISONERS ADVICE SERVICE PAS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03180659](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03180659)
- **Registered:** April 10, 1996
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1054495


## Contact

- **Address:** PRISONERS ADVICE SERVICE, PO BOX 46199, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1M 4XA
- **Phone:** 020 7253 3323
- **Email:** admin@prisonersadvice.org.uk
- **Website:** www.prisonersadvice.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO RELIEVE AND REHABILITATE PERSONS HELD IN PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG THE AFORESAID PERSONS AND THE FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF A FREE SERVICE OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE. (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, IN RELATION TO THE LAW RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS (WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL MEAN PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING OR HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR THROUGH ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER) AND MENTALLY DISORDERED PATIENTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PART III OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983 AND THE RIGHTS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS. (4) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

**Activities:** THE PRISONERS&#x27; ADVICE SERVICE PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO PRISONERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES REGARDING THEIR RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY THE APPLICATION OF THE PRISON RULES AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF IMPRISONMENT.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dominique Webb** | Chair | Dec. 2, 2019 |
| Andrea Barba |  | May 19, 2023 |
| Cheuk Yee Julie Chiu |  | July 10, 2025 |
| Farah Abdullatif Yaqoob I Alblooshi |  | July 10, 2025 |
| Gift Shala Nyoni |  | July 10, 2025 |
| Joy Helen Lewis |  | April 1, 2023 |
| Katie Le-Billon |  | Sept. 19, 2017 |
| MARTINE LIGNON |  | Jan. 3, 2013 |
| Mohammed Kassim Gaffar |  | Sept. 2, 2015 |
| Peter Chanel Coll |  | May 14, 2024 |




