PLAY SERVICES AT HMP BELMARSH
The Belmarsh play area is a medium-sized room at one end of the visits hall. It was recently redecorated by the prison, and is a cheerful room with children's artwork on the walls.
Play area opening hours
Monday: 2pm - 3.45pm
Tuesday: 2pm - 3.45pm
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 2pm - 3.45pm
Friday: 2pm - 3.45pm
Saturday: 9am - 11am and 2pm - 3.45pm
Sunday: 2pm - 3.45pm
Bank holidays: 2pm - 3.45pm
Facilities on offer
- Arts and crafts activities
- Toys and games
- A radio, tape and CD player for nursery rhymes, stories and music
- Trained volunteer playworkers
Extended 'family day' visits
All-day family visits are held every school holiday. Prisoners have to apply for these and it is mostly for those prisoners with 'enhanced' status. The prisoners and their families can move around the visits hall freely and there are board games, a football table and a range of activities. Dads can play with younger children in the play room.
For more information
Contact Patricia Somerset
020 8317 3888
belmarsh@prisonadvice.org.uk
