Leicester Samaritans work with HMP Leicester, HMP Gartree & HMP Fosse Way in suicide prevention.
Prisoners can access Samaritans’ services in a number of ways:
1. Listener schemes
Samaritan volunteers select and train prisoners to offer emotional, confidential peer support to anyone who is in distress or despair or feeling suicidal.
2. Telephone support
All prisons are required to offer prisoners access to Samaritans’ helpline free of charge.
3. Correspondence Branch
If prisoners prefer, they can write to Samaritans instead. We offer a freepost service, so there is no need to buy a stamp and freepost envelopes are usually available in communal areas of the prison.
Freepost RRYU-CBCR-TRSX
Samaritans
PO Box 90 90
Stirling
FK8 2SA
Support for prison staff
Prison staff are also welcome to contact Samaritans. Our services are particularly important following a self inflicted death in custody. At these sad times, we play a key role in supporting both staff and prisoners.