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Hello all , I have seen some questions about this previously , both on this site and others , so thought I ' d share this information which I hope will be useful to you . HM Prison & amp ; Probation Service have launched a Prisoner ID & amp ; Banking Programme ( which has been active for just over a year now , I think ) that is now available in over 80 % of UK prisons . I myself used this programme around six months ago in order to setup a Bank Account ready for my release from prison , which happened about two months ago . Prisoner ID and Banking programmes – New Futures Network& nbsp ; This scheme is relatively easy for the prisoner to do - it involves filling out a few forms which then get sent onto the " Prisoner Banking Lead " in their prison ( usually a senior member of staff ), who provides written confirmation to the Bank of the prisoner ' s identification , at which point the Bank will open a Basic Bank Account for the prisoner . A few things to note : - Prisoners are only permitted to use this service if they don ' t have an existing Bank Account - Banks will only offer their " Basic " versions of their products to prisoners - Most prisons will only allow prisoners to apply for an account via the program in the last six months of their sentence Generally , the prisoner needs to initiate the process of applying for the Bank Account by submitting a General Application to the Resettlement Team in their prison . Someone will then get in touch with them , giving them the forms ( and hopefully offering to support them in completing them ) before finalising their application . Please note it can take upto eight weeks for the application to be processed by the bank . Hope this helps !
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+xHello all , I have seen some questions about this previously , both on this site and others , so thought I ' d share this information which I hope will be useful to you . HM Prison & amp ; Probation Service have launched a Prisoner ID & amp ; Banking Programme ( which has been active for just over a year now , I think ) that is now available in over 80 % of UK prisons . I myself used this programme around six months ago in order to setup a Bank Account ready for my release from prison , which happened about two months ago . Prisoner ID and Banking programmes – New Futures Network& nbsp ; This scheme is relatively easy for the prisoner to do - it involves filling out a few forms which then get sent onto the " Prisoner Banking Lead " in their prison ( usually a senior member of staff ), who provides written confirmation to the Bank of the prisoner ' s identification , at which point the Bank will open a Basic Bank Account for the prisoner . A few things to note : - Prisoners are only permitted to use this service if they don ' t have an existing Bank Account - Banks will only offer their " Basic " versions of their products to prisoners - Most prisons will only allow prisoners to apply for an account via the program in the last six months of their sentence Generally , the prisoner needs to initiate the process of applying for the Bank Account by submitting a General Application to the Resettlement Team in their prison . Someone will then get in touch with them , giving them the forms ( and hopefully offering to support them in completing them ) before finalising their application . Please note it can take upto eight weeks for the application to be processed by the bank . Hope this helps ! Thanks for posting . It looks pretty much like the system that was already in place , but made clearer to help prisoners find their way through . Not much help to older prisoners who need a bank account to receive their occuptional pension , so hopefully prisons will be reasonable when dealing with that . Wait , did I just say I hope that prisons will be reasonable ? 😲
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+x+xHello all , I have seen some questions about this previously , both on this site and others , so thought I ' d share this information which I hope will be useful to you . HM Prison & amp ; Probation Service have launched a Prisoner ID & amp ; Banking Programme ( which has been active for just over a year now , I think ) that is now available in over 80 % of UK prisons . I myself used this programme around six months ago in order to setup a Bank Account ready for my release from prison , which happened about two months ago . Prisoner ID and Banking programmes – New Futures Network& nbsp ; This scheme is relatively easy for the prisoner to do - it involves filling out a few forms which then get sent onto the " Prisoner Banking Lead " in their prison ( usually a senior member of staff ), who provides written confirmation to the Bank of the prisoner ' s identification , at which point the Bank will open a Basic Bank Account for the prisoner . A few things to note : - Prisoners are only permitted to use this service if they don ' t have an existing Bank Account - Banks will only offer their " Basic " versions of their products to prisoners - Most prisons will only allow prisoners to apply for an account via the program in the last six months of their sentence Generally , the prisoner needs to initiate the process of applying for the Bank Account by submitting a General Application to the Resettlement Team in their prison . Someone will then get in touch with them , giving them the forms ( and hopefully offering to support them in completing them ) before finalising their application . Please note it can take upto eight weeks for the application to be processed by the bank . Hope this helps ! Thanks for posting . It looks pretty much like the system that was already in place , but made clearer to help prisoners find their way through . Not much help to older prisoners who need a bank account to receive their occuptional pension , so hopefully prisons will be reasonable when dealing with that . Wait , did I just say I hope that prisons will be reasonable ? 😲 In the prison I was in immediately before my release , there was indeed a few older prisoners who were looking for support to get a bank account setup for this exact purpose . The response from staff generally seemed to be that it was the Bank ( HSBC in this case ) who set the requirement that prisoners must be within 6 months of their release window to be eligible , and there was apparently nothing the prison could do about it , and no exceptions . As we all know , it is quite rare for prison staff to tell the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , but that ' s what was said anyhow .
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