Prison Advice And Care Trust
The Prison Advice and Care Trust (pact) is an independent UK charity that provides practical services for prisoners and prisoners' families. First established as the Catholic Prisoners Aid Society in 1898, pact works at several prisons across England.
The charity runs a wide variety of services, including: family visitors' centres at prisons, offering information, advice and support to those visiting a prisoner; children's play services inside prison visits halls; 'first night in custody' support for new prisoners; pact lunch coffee bars at prisons; resettlement projects; and advice desks at courts. pact also campaigns for more government support for prisoners' families.
Read more about Prison Advice And Care Trust: History, Visitors' Centres, Children's Play Services, First Night in Custody Services, Basic Caring Communities, Campaigning, Well-known Supporters, External Links
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