Organisations for Women in Prison

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FPWP Female Prisoners' Welfare Project HIBISCUS
FPWP/Hibiscus offers advice to women in the criminal justice system and provides a family link between women in prison, their children and extended families. HIBISCUS has an overseas office in Jamaica and is able to provide pre-sentencing reports for the courts. It offers support for Latin American women in British prisons and staff and volunteers speak a wide range of languages. FPWP/HIBISCUS helps women stay in contact with their families - in the UK or abroad - and can help with resettlement.
	18 Borough High Street, Southwark, London. SE1 9QG	Tel: 020 7357 6543 Fax: 0207 407 5646

WIP Women in Prison
The largest area of welfare case-work concerns housing. Most women serve a prison sentence of less than 12 months. But women facing even a very short prison sentence are at a very high risk of losing their homes. Staying out of prison, making a fresh start and rebuilding the relationship with one’s children are almost impossible without a safe place to call home. Other areas of welfare work include practical support for women in prison including: clothes and shoes, stamps, envelopes and phone-cards particularly for women who are mothers and need to maintain contact with their children. We also help women with drug and alcohol problems get into rehabilitation/ detoxification centres and support women with mental and physical health problems to access the services they need from within prison and when they re-enter the community.
	3b Aberdeen Studios, 22 Highbury Grove, London. N5 2EA	Tel: 020 7226 5879 Fax: 020 7354 8005 General: admin@womeninprison.org.uk Welfare: nezlin@womeninprison.org.uk Education: michele@womeninprison.org.uk Programmes: cathy@womeninprison.org.uk

Women's Aid Federation England
Women's Aid offers a variety of membership packages to enable everyone to get involved in our work to stop domestic violence. All members of Women's Aid Federation of England must support the primary aim: to promote the protection of women and children who have suffered from or are exposed to domestic violence. All Full and Associate Refuge members must be Women's Aid projects, refuge-based services or similar direct service providers to women and children experiencing domestic violence, and be primarily constituted for this purpose.
	P.O. Box 31, Bristol. BS99 7WS	Tel: 01179 444 411 (Administration) Tel: 01179 837 126 (Training) Fax: 01179 241 703 Email: info@womensaid.org.uk Freephone - 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline: 08082 000 247

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