Welcome to In Prison Law

inprisonlaw.co.uk has considerable experience in finding the right solicitor’s to deal with cases relating to prison law and prisoners' rights, of which those solicitors have gathered considerable knowledge and experience from many leading precedent-setting cases in this area, some of which include substantial challenges to penal policy.

How we can help

Contact the Prison Law Team about:

• Enforcement of prisoners' rights, particularly concerning the application of prison rules and conditions of imprisonment
• Prison adjudications
• Allegations against staff or against other prisoners
• Calculation of sentence
• Rights of Category A prisoners and security categorisation generally
• Discretionary Lifer work
• Lifers
• License/parole review issues
• Mandatory drug testing
• Tariff
• Hospital escorts
• Compassionate release
• Transfers and allocations
• Civil actions for damages against the Home Office and/or prison officers
• Deaths in custody enquiries
• Inquest work before HM Coroner and jury
• Judicial review of decisions relating to the above

We are especially active in the representation of long-term or life prisoners.

Our Service

Such is the effect of our work that it has resulted in restrictions on politicians’ power to decide what length of time the term of life imprisonment should carry in individual cases and the requirement that serious adjudications should not be dealt with by a Prison Governor.