About Email a Prisoner

Email a Prisoner has the following goals.

• To help friends and family members communicate more easily and frequently with prisoners
• To help to make life more bearable for prisoners and reduce self-harm and suicide through increased communication
• To help prisoners prepare for life after their release through partnerships with the employment agency, social services, housing associations and more

Communication is a major factor in prison life and the lack of it can have horrendous consequences. Email a Prisoner offers a quick and efficient alternative method of communication between families, friends and anyone else who has an interest in the welfare of prisoners meaning prisoners can receive more frequent and varied communication.

There are currently 18 million users of the internet and this figure is growing at an alarming rate - isn't it about time the information revolution was used to transform prison

Email a Prisoner (formerly Refused Bail) has been established for over four years and is constantly striving to expand the service so that every prisoner in every UK prison has the opportunity to receive mail in this way.