A new service has been launched to identify and stop threatening calls and letters from imprisoned domestic abusers. It is aimed at providing a speedier response to harassment from behind bars.
Dedicated case handlers will use intelligence to identify offenders before blocking contact. It will also prevent abusers from using other inmates to torment their victims by barring victims’ contact details from all prison phones.
The new Unwanted Prisoner Contact Service, trialled at Kent and Thames Valley earlier this year, means survivors do not have to ask for help themselves. Requests to block contact can also be made on behalf of a victim with their consent, or by police, probation, victim services, friends or family members.
