What does the Prison Service think about prisoners opening bank accounts?
The Prison Service is officially supportive of prisoners opening bank accounts. “Imprisonment provides a good opportunity to assist offenders to open bank accounts and thus be better prepared for life after release. It is, therefore, advantageous for prisoners to open bank accounts and establishments should assist them to do so.” Paragraph 1.5 of PSI 35/2009 Identity (ID) for Bank Account Applications for all prisoners: Prison staff should provide “reasonable support to enable [a prisoner] to open an account”. National Offender Management Service, quoted in Inside Time in February 2008: “If a prisoner…acquires cash exceeding £500 they should be advised that it is in their interest to transfer the excess to an external account”. Paragraph 2.1 of PSO 4465 Prisoners Financial Affairs: Note: There is no rule preventing prisoners with less than £500 opening an account. If anyone is experiencing problems opening an external bank account whilst inside then it may be worth shoving the above fe
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