Prison Advocacy (Advocard)

Availability : Edinburgh Wide

Who is this for?

  • All prisoners in HMP Edinburgh

Description

Independent advocacy can support you to have your voice heard and your views taken into account.

An advocacy worker can:

  • Talk to you about your options and make sure you know your rights.
  • Help you make sense of what is happening.
  • Help you prepare for meetings and come to them with you, such as internal complaints committee meetings (ICC), integrated case management meetings (ICM), as well as Parole Board hearings.
  • Help you to contact health care providers about your physical and mental health needs.
  • Help you contact other organisations to make sure they know what you want and need, including liaising with you legal representatives.
  • Help you to get the information you need to make good decisions.
  • Be there and be on your side.

How do I access this?

  • Self referral
  • Referral by third party
  • Service is appointment only

You can write to us free using internal mail at :

Prison Advocacy
Links Centre
Level 2
HMP Edinburgh

Is there a cost?

Free

Location information

  • Translation service available

Opening times

Monday09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday09:00 - 17:00
Thursday09:00 - 17:00
Friday09:00 - 17:00
SaturdayCLOSED
SundayCLOSED

Types of support on offer:

Advocacy

Type of services on offer:

Isolation
Learning, employability, volunteering
Loneliness
Long term conditions/disabilities
Substance use

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