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Specializes in foreign nationals","1974",315,"6",101,189,"2026-10-07T08:31:52.000Z","drake-hall-prison","2026-09-25T08:05:54.000Z","To visit someone in Drake Hall you must:\n\n- be on that person's visitor list\n- book your visit at least 24 hours in advance\n- have the required ID with you when you go\n\nThere is no limit to the number of their own children who can visit but at least one visitor must be 18 or older at every visit.\n\nContact Drake Hall if you have any questions about visiting.\n\nHelp with the cost of your visit\n\nIf you get certain benefits or have an NHS health certificate, you might be able to get help with the costs of your visit (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fhelp-with-prison-visits), including:\n\n- travel to Drake Hall\n- somewhere to stay overnight\n- meals\n\nHow to book family and friends visits\n\nTo arrange a visit you can:\n\n- book your visit online (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fprison-visits)\n- telephone 0300 060 6501\n\nThe booking lines open Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm. Find out about call charges (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fcall-charges)\n\nVisiting times:\n\n- Tuesday, 1:30pm to 3:45pm\n- Saturday, 9.30am to 11.30am and 1:30pm to 3.45pm\n- Sunday, 1:30pm to 3.45pm\n\n(Our visits centre opens from 8:30am on days with morning visits and midday on days with afternoon visits.)\n\nHow to book official visits\n\nTo book an official video visit, you can email OMU.DrakeHall@justice.gov.uk.\n\nOfficial video visit times:\n\n- Monday to Wednesday, 9:15am to 10:15am, 10:30am to 1:30pm\n\nTo book an official face to face visit, you can call 0300 060 6501.\n\nThe booking line is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm. Find out about call charges (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fcall-charges)\n\nOfficial face to face visit times:\n\n- Monday to Wednesday, 9:15am to 11:30pm\n\nGetting to Drake Hall\n\nFind Drake Hall on a map (https:\u002F\u002Fconsent.google.com\u002Fm?continue=https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fmaps\u002Fplace\u002FHMP%2BDrake%2BHall\u002F@52.87726,-2.2425361,15z\u002Fdata%3D!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x30994fb7471795c8!8m2!3d52.87726!4d-2.2425361?shorturl%3D1&gl=IE&m=0&pc=m&uxe=eomtm&cm=2&hl=en&src=1)\n\nThe closest railway station is Stafford. There is a taxi rank outside but there is no direct bus service from the station to the prison.\n\nTo plan your journey by public transport:\n\n- use National Rail enquiries (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nationalrail.co.uk\u002F)\n- use Traveline for local bus times (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.traveline.info\u002F)\n\nVisitor parking is available opposite the prison, signposted from the main road. Blue Badge holders can park inside the prison. Use the intercom at the car park barrier to access the car park.\n\nEntering Drake Hall\n\nAll visitors, aged 16 or older must prove their identity before entering the prison. Read the list of acceptable forms of ID when visiting a prison (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fgovernment\u002Fpublications\u002Fmanagement-of-security-at-visits-policy-framework-closed-estate\u002Facceptable-forms-of-identification-id-when-visiting-a-prison-in-england-and-wales-annex-a).\n\nAll visitors will need to be given a pat-down search, including children.\n\nThere are strict controls on what you can take into Drake Hall. You will have to leave most of the things you have with you in a locker or with security. This includes pushchairs and car seats.\n\nYou will be told the rules by an officer at the start of your visit. If you break the rules, your visit could be cancelled and you could be banned from visiting again.\n\nVisiting facilities\n\nThe family-friendly visitors centre at Drake Hall is run by the Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.prisonadvice.org.uk\u002Fprisons\u002Fhmp-drake-hall\u002F), a national charity.\n\nVisitors are offered a warm welcome from 8:30am on family days and morning visits, and from midday for afternoon visits.\n\nHot and cold drinks are available.\n\nInformation and support is available if is your first time visiting Drake Hall.\n\nA visitor experience form can be collected from the visitor's centre, this outlines what to expect while you have a visit at Drake Hall.\n\nFamily and significant other strategy\n\nAt Drake Hall we recognise that long-term separation is an issue that will affect our women, their families and significant others most.\n\nWe seek to structure our services in a manner which supports those family units and enable them to maintain strong family ties and bonds.\n\nA family and significant others strategy has been put into place, which outlines our objectives as an establishment, this can be viewed on the www.nicco.org.uk (http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nicco.org.uk).\n\nThe functional lead for the new Family and Significant other strategy is the Head of Reducing Reoffending.\n\nFamily days\n\nFamily days are facilitated by Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.prisonadvice.org.uk\u002Fhmp-yoi-askham-grange) with a total of 12 family and significant other days being held per year.\n\nThey are designed to help prisoners and their families and significant others cope with the pressures that long term separation may have on the relationships between family units.\n\nWomen are given the guidance and eligibility for applying for these days, which embed the importance of family and significant others involvement within their journey whilst at Drake Hall and maintain key family ties.\n\nFamily day\u002Fsignificant other visits run from 10am to 3pm.\n\nPACT provide a range of themed fun family-based activities throughout the day allowing the women and their loved ones to create memories and pieces of art\u002Fcrafts that can be kept as a memento.","There are several ways you can keep in touch with someone during their time at Drake Hall.\n\nPrisoners have phones in their cells so they have the ability to contact you on a 24 hour basis.\n\nSecure video calls\n\nTo have a secure video call with someone in this prison you need to:\n\n- Download the Prison Video app (https:\u002F\u002Fprisonvideo.com\u002Fapp)\n- Create an account\n- Register all visitors\n- Add the prisoner to your contact list.\n\nHow to book a secure video call\n\nYou can request a secure video call with someone in this prison via the Prison Video app.\n\nYou will receive a notification when your request has been accepted.\n\nRead more about how the Prison Video app works (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fguidance\u002Fvisit-a-prisoner-using-a-video-call)\n\nPhone calls\n\nPrisoners have phones in their rooms, so they can make outgoing calls to approved contacts at any time of the day if they have purchased credit to do this.\n\nPhone credit is purchased and updated weekly.\n\nThere are also phones on each house that prisoners can use at any time to make outgoing calls.\n\nPrisoners can call anyone named on their approved list of friends and family. The list is checked by security on arrival so you will be able to speak to them during their first few days in Drake Hall.\n\nYou can also exchange voicemails using the Prison Voicemail service. (https:\u002F\u002Fprisonvoicemail.com\u002F)\n\nOfficers may listen to phone calls as a way of preventing crime and helping keep people safe.\n\nEmail\n\nYou can send emails to someone in Drake Hall using the Email a Prisoner service (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.emailaprisoner.com\u002F).\n\nYou might also be able to attach photos and receive replies, depending on the rules at Drake Hall.\n\nLetters\n\nInclude the person's name and prison number on the envelope.\n\nIf you do not know their prison number, contact Drake Hall.\n\nAll post apart from legal letters will be opened and checked by officers.\n\nNational Prison Radio's Family and Friends request show\n\nNational Prison Radio broadcasts into prison cells across England and Wales 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.\n\nFamily and friends can stay connected with their loved ones in prison by sending song requests, written messages and voice recordings. They are then read and played out on weekly episodes.\n\nYou can send in a message, and hear the show, at nationalprisonradio.com (https:\u002F\u002Fprison.radio\u002Fnational-prison-radio\u002F#songrequest)","You can use the free and fast online service to send money to someone in prison (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fsend-prisoner-money).\n\nYou can no longer send money by bank transfer, cheque, postal order or send cash by post.\n\nIf you cannot use the online service, you may be able to apply for an exemption (https:\u002F\u002Fsend-money-to-prisoner.service.gov.uk\u002Fhelp\u002Fapply-for-exemption\u002F) - for example if you:\n\n- are unable to use a computer, a smart phone or the internet\n- do not have a debit card\n\nThis will allow you to send money by post.\n\nGifts and parcels\n\nGifts are not permitted under any circumstances at Drake Hall. You can send prisoners money instead which they can use to buy items through a catalogue system.","Drake Hall is committed to providing a safe and educational environment where women can learn new skills to help them on release.\n\nArrival and first night\n\nWhen a prisoner first arrives at Drake Hall, they will get to speak to someone who will check how they're feeling and ask about any immediate health and wellbeing needs. They will be taken to a single cell in the unit and given bedding, towels and toiletries.\n\nThey will be able to contact a family member or significant other by phone. This could be quite late in the evening, depending on the time they arrive.\n\nInduction\n\nEach prisoner who arrives at Drake Hall gets an induction that lasts about a week. They will meet professionals who will help them with:\n\n- health and wellbeing, including mental and sexual health\n- any substance misuse issues, including drugs and alcohol\n- personal development in custody and on release, including skills, education and training\n- other support (sometimes called ‘interventions'), such as managing difficult emotions\n\nEveryone also finds out about the rules, fire safety, and how things like calls and visits work.\n\nAccommodation\n\nAround 340 prisoners live at Drake Hall in a mixture of single and double cells.\n\nThere is also an open unit outside the perimeter fence that gives up to 25 prisoners the opportunity to work in the local community and prepare for release.\n\nThey have access to farms and gardens, indoor and outdoor gyms and other facilities in their free time.\n\nEducation and work\n\nEach prisoner in Drake Hall creates their own learning plan with a member if the IAG team as part of their induction. There are opportunities for classroom learning as well as vocational training and paid work placements once ROTL is achieved.\n\nPrisoners work in a range of areas including Halfords Academy, DHL Workshop, Gardens, Waste Management Unit and many more and within these areas they can gain qualifications to enhance their employability on release.\n\nDrake Hall has its own branch of the Women's Institute.\n\nPrisoners at Drake Hall have access to agencies such as Women's Aid and ANAWIM.\n\nTemporary release\n\nPrisoners have the opportunity to leave the prison for short periods of time. This is known as release on temporary licence. It can be used to gain work experience in the local community, maintain family ties, ensure contact with their children and prepare for release.","At HMP Drake Hall we understand how important it is that our prisoners receive support from their families and loved ones.\n\n- You can read the Drake Hall family strategy (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fguidance\u002Fhmp-drake-hall-families-and-significant-others-strategy) to see how we help prisoners build positive relationships with loved ones.\n- You can also find out about advice and helplines for family and friends (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fsupport-for-families-friends-of-prisoners).\n\nConcerns, problems and complaints\n\nIn an emergency\n\nCall 01785 774217 if you think a prisoner is at immediate risk of harm. Ask for the Orderly Officer and explain that your concern is an emergency.\n\n- Contact category: Phone number: Additional information\n- Non-emergency: 01785 774250: Call this number if you have concerns about a prisoner's safety or wellbeing which are serious but not life-threatening or complete a safer custody contact form (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.prisonersfamilies.org\u002Fforms\u002Fhmp-drake-hall-safer-custody-contact-form) on the Prisoners' Families Helpline website.\n- Staff Integrity Hotline: 0800 917 6877 (24 hours answering machine): This number can be called anonymously. If you are concerned about a prisoner being bullied by a member of staff, you can use this number. As this line is managed separately from the prison, you can call this number anonymously.\n- Prisoners' Families Helpline: 0808 808 2003: The Prisoners' Families Helpline (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.prisonersfamilies.org\u002F) can provide confidential support, advice and guidance.\n- Unwanted Prisoner Contact: 0300 060 6699: If a prisoner is contacting you and you want them to stop, you can use the Unwanted Prisoner Contact Service (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fget-support-as-a-victim-of-crime). You can complete the Stop prisoner contact online form (https:\u002F\u002Funwanted-prisoner-contact.form.service.justice.gov.uk\u002F), email unwantedprisonercontact@justice.gov.uk or contact by phone.\n\nProblems and complaints\n\nIf you have any other problem contact Drake Hall.","Governor: Lisa Garnett\n\nTelephone (24 hours): 01785 774 217 Fax: 01785 774 010 Find out about call charges (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fcall-charges)\n\nFollow Drake Hall on Twitter\u002FX (https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FHMPDrakeHall)\n\nAddress\n\nHMP\u002FYOI Drake Hall Eccleshall Staffordshire ST21 6LQ\n\nSee map (https:\u002F\u002Fconsent.google.com\u002Fm?continue=https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fmaps\u002Fplace\u002FHMP%2BDrake%2BHall\u002F@52.87726,-2.2425361,15z\u002Fdata%3D!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x30994fb7471795c8!8m2!3d52.87726!4d-2.2425361?shorturl%3D1&gl=IE&m=0&pc=m&uxe=eomtm&cm=2&hl=en&src=1)\n\nHelp us to improve this page. Give us your feedback in this 2-minute survey (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.smartsurvey.co.uk\u002Fs\u002Fdrakehall\u002F).","HM Prison and Probation Service","52.878883","-2.241911",{"data":29},[],{"officers":31,"forces":32,"courts":33,"prisons":34,"hearings":35,"legals":36},769,50,224,120,41,11437]