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  4. Prisoner Property Project

Prisoner Property Project

We currently deliver a Prisoner Property Project at HMP Huntercombe, where students have the opportunity to go into the prison, advise and teach prisoners about their property rights through the three following ways;

  • by developing a self-help toolkit under the supervision of qualified solicitors,
  • through the delivery of interactive workshops for prisoners at the prison,
  • and where appropriate advising clients on a 1-2-1 basis through a written letter of advice.

Our aim is to assist those who have issues around prisoner property that might be lost or damaged when they transfer between prisons as well as how to retrieve personal property that was held and/or lost by the police following arrest.

As well as carrying on at Huntercombe we are now looking to do something similar in a London prison, if the need is there.

Toolkit

The Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre Students have produced a self-help toolkit, to help prisoners understand their rights in relation to their property that has been lost, damaged or stolen within the prison system. It also covers property which has been retained or damaged by the police following an investigation. This toolkit provides examples of the relevant forms needed to make any claims in relation to lost, damaged or stolen property.

The tool kit has been designed to be a user friendly guide for those without a legal background or legal knowledge. This open access resource if free and available for download. If your organisation would like hard copies please do get in touch with us at lac@qmul.ac.uk.

View or download the toolkit: How to reclaim lost property from a prison or police station [PDF 1,004KB].

View or download the toolkit in French [PDF 10,183KB]

The Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre is committed to offering its students and local community opportunities through collaborative work. We focus on offering employability skills to undergraduate law students and beyond and supporting causes that are in line with our ethos and QMLAC values.

One of these collaborations is with Future Leaders UK on our community mentoring scheme. This long-standing collaboration offers undergraduate students across the university the chance to mentor A-level students from East London.

We also run a scheme known as Advocates for Change which offers court marshalling to students, aiming to get more state school students into the Judiciary.

Please contact us on legal-advice-centre@qmul.ac.uk if you are interested in working with us on something new!

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