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Befriending

Find out more about Pact's befriending service.
Sir Harold Hood Memorial Lecture 2020

This year's Sir Harold Hood Memorial Lecture, 'Some Things We Can’t Think', will be given by author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce. We are also pleased to combine this year’s lecture with the premiere of our new short documentary, ‘Hidden Sentences: Voices of Prisoners’ Families’.
Cleo Metcalf

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Margaret Cripps

Trustee

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Prison Visitors' Guides

Want to know more about where we work? Click here to find more information about the prisons we work in, visiting hours and contact details.
Tagging

Find out more about Home Detention Curfew/Electronic Tagging
Who we are

Find out about how we commit to work with prisoners, their families and communities.
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Through the Gate Mentoring Services

Pact provides Through the Gate and Mentoring Services to those leaving custody in order to support them with their immediate resettlement needs.
Prisoners' Families Helpline

Call the freephone confidential helpline for information and support for anyone who is affected by imprisonment.
HMP Belmarsh
Family support

Do you need someone to talk to? Our Family Befrienders can provide practical and emotional support to help you cope with a loved one's sentence.
HMP Wormwood Scrubs