HMP & YOI Foston Hall

Switchboard: 01283 584 300

Worried or concerned about a loved one?

Non-emergency : 01283 584 333

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 on the Prisoners’ Families Helpline website.

Safer Custody Helpline

CRISIS LINE : 01283 584319

Prisoners’ Families Helpline

Prisoners’ Families Helpline: 0808 808 2003

The Prisoners’ Families Helpline can provide confidential support, advice and guidance.

Email

No emails are supplied for HMP & YOI Foston Hall for public use, professionals can have the FMB or employee (with their consent) email if appropriate to the needs.

Visiting

Visiting times
How to book legal and professional visits

All legal/official visits must be booked by email to hmppsvisitbooking@justice.gov.uk between 9am and 1pm. Any bookings received after this will be dealt with the following day.

Getting to Foston Hall

Booking a visit – domestic visits (family and friends):

Telephone booking line: 0300 060 6516

The booking line is open:

A visit can be booked a minimum of 2 working days before your visit date (subject to availability) and a maximum of 28 working days before the visit (subject to availability).

You must book your first visit by telephone.

Second or subsequent visits can alternatively be booked via booking portal Visit someone in prison – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

More information

Foston Hall Prison and Young Offender Institution – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Domestic visitors’ identification:

1. List A
2. List B

One form of ID from this list, together with list C.

3. List C

One form of ID from this list, together with list B.

4. Exceptional Circumstances

If you do not have access to the above listed ID, you may still be able to attend a visit with advanced permission from the prison. Please contact the prison direct to arrange this. Contact details for prisons are available on the prison information pages.

Booking a visit – legal/officials only: 

All legal/official visits must be booked by email to hmppsvisitbooking@justice.gov.uk between 9am and 1pm. Any bookings received after this will be dealt with the following day.

Legal visiting times:
Official Visitors – Acceptable Forms of Identification

The following documents are examples of acceptable forms of identification for professional visitors:

  1. Members of either House of Parliament: Houses of Parliament ID card or HMG ID cards;
  2. Legal advisers: Identification document from the above List A, or from Lists B and C. This must be in conjunction with either a. a headed document from their legal practice stating that they are representing the prisoner they are requesting to visit, or b. should they not yet be representing the prisoner, a headed document from their legal practice explaining the purpose of the visit
  3. Police, UK Border Agency and HM Revenue & Customs officers: warrant card
  4. Probation and Youth Offending Team officers: probation / YOT department ID card
  5. Staff from other prisons, HQ, the Children’s & Young People’s Secure Estate, the inspectorates (including Lay Observers) or Home Office: photo security pass issued by (or on behalf of) Ministry of Justice, HMPPS, or Home Office
  6. Consular officials: consular ID card
  7. Other public officials: departmental or local authority pass or ID card (but must show the name of the visitor and the name of the department or local authority)
  8. Social workers: social worker identification cards
  9. Researchers: Security Photo pass or official letter (visits must be pre-arranged)
  10. Healthcare staff: NHS photographic identification badge/card or independent sector healthcare photographic identification badge/card