UPDATE: Visiting and Covid 19 - click here for guidance and information from NI Prison Service on socially distanced visits
Visitor Centres at Maghaberry, Magilligan and Hydebank aim to:
- Maximise the visiting experence by ensuring that families and friends feel welcome, supported and confident about visiting someone in prison
- Keep families connected
- Improve access to impartial practical support which meets visitors' needs
- Support families to have a positive visiting experience
- Provide services to meet the needs of children and young people
- Support people in prison to have maintained and increased contact with their family and community
- Inform prison policies, facilities, services and procedures by gaining visitors’ perspectives
- Improve communication between prison staff and visitors
- Develop and increase partnerships between community organisations, Visitor Centres and families
