Guidance

Handling prisoner applications to marry or form a civil partnership: PSI 14/2016

Policy and guidance on responding to requests from prisoners to get married or enter into a civil partnership.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice
• Published: 20 August 2020
• Last updated: 15 February 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Marriage of prisoners and civil partnership registration: PSI 14/2016

PDF, 303 KB, 20 pages

Details

This prison service instruction (PSI) explains how prisons should handle requests from prisoners to get married or enter into a civil partnership. The guidance covers:

• legal requirements and responsibilities
• evaluating requests
• security considerations, including deciding whether to allow the ceremony to take place outside of prison
• the ceremony and registration, including religious and faith-based ceremonies

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 14 October 2016 and was last updated on 20 August 2020.

Published 20 August 2020
Last updated 15 February 2024 + show all updates

1. 15 February 2024

   PSI updated.

2. 27 February 2023

   PSI updated.

3. 29 June 2022

   PSI updated.

4. 1 October 2021

   PSI updated.

5. 28 April 2021

   PSI updated.

6. 20 August 2020

   First published.