Guidance

Providing prisoners with ID for bank applications: PSI 44/2011

Guidelines on providing prisoners with ID so that they can open a bank account.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice
• Published: 22 July 2011

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Identity (ID) for bank account applications for all prisoners: PSI 44/2011

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Details

This prison service instruction (PSI) explains how prisons should provide prisoners with the ID required to apply to open a basic bank account through the offender banking programme. This form of identification is not accepted at local bank branches and can be used only with this programme.

The PSI includes guidance on completing the personal identification document, which is used to:

• confirm a prisoner’s identity from prison records
• provide banks with the prisoner’s personal information and proposed address for when they leave prison

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 1 August 2011.

Published 22 July 2011