Families Frequently Asked Questions

• How Long will my partner / child have to serve
  On average 1/2 the time the judge has set (this does not include lifers or those with tariffs) but be realistic and expect 2/3
• What if i can not afford to visit
  You can apply for travel expenses from your local benefits office.
• What if it is to far to travel.
  Prisoners can save up their visits and book a accumulated visits which will take place in a local prison.
• My partner / friend is not allowed pagan items
  Your partner friend has to registered as a pagan with the Chaplins department with in the prison before he / she will be entitled to pagan items in possession PSO 4550 covers this (see law).
• My partner / friend has just become pagan whilst in prison what so i do.
  Find out what path they are interested in and find out what is involved, be interested, you don't have to join, paganism is not for everyone you have your own path to follow.
  
• Because my partner is in prison does he / she have to stop being a pagan
  No but their may be different feeling if they are in a coven or group and depend on the crime, remember that no one can tell you that you are not a pagan only you will know if you are, but you may be removed from a group so you will have to face up to being solitary