Park Place
12 Lawn Lane
London
SW8 1UD

Tel: 020 7735 9535
Tel (Helpline): 0808 808 2003
Fax: 020 7735 3989
Web: www.prisonadvice.org.uk
Best time to telephone 9.00am - 5.00pm Monday - Friday, 10.00am - 3.00pm Saturday

PACT (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a charity which supports people affected by imprisonment. They provide practical support to prisoners' children and families, and to prisoners themselves.

The main services they offer are:

• Information, advice and support for families and friends of prisoners.
• Child-friendly visitors' centres.
• Catering services in visitors' centres and visits halls.
• Supervised play areas in visits halls for visiting children.
• Mentoring schemes for prisoners and a pioneering 'First Night in Custody' support service which aims to reduce the extreme anxiety often felt by prisoners on their first night inside, and to reduce the possibility of self-harm and suicide.