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Our Work In Prisons

The occurrence of suicides of people in prison has long been a cause for concern. Samaritans and the Prison Service are continuing to work in close partnership to develop new initiatives to address this worrying trend.

Bristol Branch offers support to Horfield Prison for men and Eastwood Park Prison for women and also assists Bath branch in Ashfield Young Offenders Institution and Leyhill open prison.

A team of Samaritan volunteers from these branches visit the prison to select, train and support prisoners to listen to their fellow prisoners in distress. The work these Listeners do can be very challenging. It is all face-to-face and we should not underestimate the vital work that they do.

More about Samaritans in prisons