Lucy Gampell, director of Action for Prisoners' Families, said prisoners should not have to rely on the commitment of individual officers or governors, or funding from voluntary organisations, to have proper contact with other family members.
She was speaking after the chief inspector of prisons, Anne Owers, highlighted in her annual report that family contact and support in prisons was "inconsistent".
Owers said there should be officers specifically tasked to liaise with families, particularly in women's prisons.
- www.homeoffice.gov.uk/justice/prisons/inspprisons/annual.html
- Action for Prisoners' Families has launched the Daisy and Tom awards scheme for prisons in England and Wales that make a difference to family contact. Information is at www.prisoners families.org.uk.
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