Immigration Act Detainees, Lindholme and Haslar Prisons: Telephone Calls and Faxes

HL Deb 29 March 2001 vol 624 c59WA

Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether Immigration Act detainees are allowed to receive telephone calls and faxes from their solicitors; if not, why not; and whether they now receive such communication at HM Prison Haslar. [HL1263]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

It is Prison Service policy that prisoners may not receive incoming telephone calls and faxes. However, exceptional provision has been made for Immigration Act detainees held in the dedicated centres at Lindholme and Haslar prisons to receive incoming telephone calls and faxes.