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Send money to a prisoner in England and Wales by debit card for free

Find out what information you must send with a transfer of funds if you’re a payment service provider.

• Updated: 14 September 2017

Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer

• Letters, video and telephone calls

  Letters You can contact a prisoner by writing to them. Write the person’s…

• Email and social media

  Prisoners are not allowed to access social networking websites (such as…

• Banned items

  You must not send or give anything to a prisoner that: is indecent or…

• Sending money

  You can send money to someone in prison by making an online payment by…

• Visiting someone in prison

  You can make an online request to visit someone in prison in most cases.…

How to pay Inheritance Tax: get a reference number, payment methods, use the deceased's bank account, National Savings and Investments, government stock, yearly instalments.

Find out if you’re a money service business and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.

• Updated: 18 August 2023

It is your responsibility to make sure you can access enough money to pay for all your costs and to avoid getting into financial difficulties abroad.

• Updated: 29 July 2024

You must declare £10,000 or more in cash, or the equivalent in another currency, if you take it between Great Britain and any other country.

How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.

Send is a women’s prison in Woking, Surrey.

• Updated: 14 February 2024

Portland is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, for men aged 18 and over.

• Updated: 30 December 2022