I would like to raise awareness and hopefully make an impact on the way people in HM Prisons are treated especially INNOCENT people on remand awaiting trial or for legal arguments. Currently due to repeated lockdowns family and loved ones of prisoners have had their visits cancelled even after some waiting 3 months if not more, to just even get a visit booked. Due to tier 4 lockdown we will now no longer be able to visit our loved ones before Christmas which is heartbreaking and will have an extremely negative impact on the mental wellbeing of INNOCENT humans on remand.

Imagine being wrongfully accused and being held for over 6 months for something YOU HAVE NOT DONE. Now imagine all that suffering and on top of that you are not able to hold your newborn which was born whilst you are locked in a small cage. The PTSD the Paranoia the long life toll it will have on you is immeasurable. 

I firstly request for BAILS to be reconsidered as it is wrong to keep someone behind bars for MONTHS ON END because of corona so far it would equate to over 1 year in prison waiting for even a day of court, there is a lockdown and if people are given bail, it lessons the strain on TAX PAYERS Money being spent on prisoners, they're PASSPORT can be taken, they can wear an ANKLE MONITOR which records and can even STOP the defendant to leave their home/assigned place to stay. If you are not on a VIOLENT CHARGE and there is only CIRCUMSTANTIAL evidence why must they be locked in the cell when the same restrictions can apply in the setting of their bedroom. It is a TACTIC being played by prosecution to pressurise innocent people into accepting anything to leave the madhouse which is prison and the uncertainty. People on murder, pedophile, rape and much worse charges are given BAIL, yet due to the discrimination from NCA, people on a drug supply charge as CRAZY as weed which is practically LEGAL, is denied bail.  

visitations to be allowed again. Family of prisoners on REMAND should be allowed to bring in a COOKED MEAL especially because of Christmas, something as simple as a home cooked plate of food would help with their mental wellbeing especially when LOCKED UP FOR OVER 23 hours a day due to COVID.

Some prisons have still not allowed clothing in, if stores can receive returned clothing so can prisons, they just have to isolate the clothing for a few days so its covid free and they can then pass it to the prisoner. It's inhumane to continue to use the same underwear for more than 1 week, yet they expects prisoners in remand to wear it for over 6 months. It's common sense and lazy workers need to STOP using COVID as an excuse to work less.

The 1 video call per month rule should be SCRAPPED because due to lockdown and no visits we should be able to make more video calls, to make up for the visitation ban during lockdown. 

During every lockdown we raise awareness and talk about mental wellbeing, it is brought up in house of commons and discussed, how we can prevent suicides due to the pressures of lockdown and other factors. Do INNOCENT humans on remand have no right to a healthy mind, are they not members of society, are they not a brother, a husband, A FATHER. The family of the prisoners on remand; share the pain, uncertainty and suffering if not more. At Berwyn in Wrexham there were 664 incidents of self-harm between January and June, a rise of 69%. Day in and out stories are shared of loved ones committing suicide especially by way of hanging, because they loose all hope IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM and believe maybe this way they can prove their innocence. As a society of a WELL DEVELOPED country, if innocent humans have to turn to suicide to prove innocence then we need to take a hard look at the Justice system and ask why a system meant to protect us, HARMS US ALL! 

I would like for prisoners to be able to hear or have compulsory mental health boosting sessions as we are ALL going through a very hard time and staying locked up with no fresh air for 23 hours EVERY DAY months on end is extremely HARD. If we suffer from the comfort of our sofas and homes/flats; imagine passing it in tiny cells, with not even clean clothes on your back and not even being able to walk 3 meters without reaching BARS caging u to the cell.