This guide includes information that you may find useful for the duration of the time your family or friend is a resident at HMP Leyhill.
Any further information can be found on the prison website at www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/leyhill or you can ring the main switchboard on 01454 264000.
Visitors are reminded not to turn up any more than 20 minutes prior to their visit starting.
Children will need a passport or a birth certificate. For young babies, you may bring their Personal Child Health Record (also known as the PCHR or 'red book').
Staff reserve the right to pass judgement of what is appropriate and anyone identified as dressing inappropriately may be refused their visit.
If on arrival you find that there is a specific policy at this prison, please do let us know so that we can update this page. You can email us at [email protected].
You may bring in bottles of milk, sealed jars and nappies.
We operate a small teabar in the main visits hall which serves hot and cold and refreshments such as drinks, cake, snacks. You may bring up to £20 per adult into the prison, preferably in notes.
Leyhill uses a service called Email a Prisoner, which can be accessed here.
Through this service, family and friends can send a message that is printed out and delivered by prison staff by hand. Once you have signed up, you will receive an activation link via email which you will need to click on in order to activate your account and send a message. You need to buy a minimum of £5 credit in order to use the service, which runs at a cost of 40p per email.
On signing up, you will be given a unique local landline number you can call at any time to leave a message; this message will be instantly available for the prisoner to listen to. Prisoners can check their messages by dialling the same unique number from any phone in the prison and may leave a reply. When the message has been heard, the family member receives an instant text notification, signalling they may leave another message.