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Guidance

Prisoners’ Property Policy Framework

Rules and guidance on the handling of personal belongings that prisoners are allowed so that they are managed safely and effectively.

From:
Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service
Published
1 August 2022
Last updated
3019 JanuaryMay 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Prisoners’ Property Policy Framework

PDF, 984986 KB, 32 pages

Prisoners’ Property Policy Framework (Welsh)

PDF, 1.04 MB, 31 pages

Prisoner's property leaflet (Arabic)

PDF, 158 KB, 1 page

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Bangla)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Chinese-Mandarin)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (French)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (German)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Greek)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Gujarati)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Hindi)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Italian)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Polish)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Portuguese)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Punjabi)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Russian)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Spanish)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Tamil)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Turkish)

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Prisoner's property leaflet (Vietnamese)

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Details

This Policy Framework replaces PSI 12/2011 and PSI 14/2015. It contains requirements and information on the personal belongings (property) that prisoners can have with them in prison and limits on storage. It sets out procedures for searching and handling prisoners’ property to ensure that items are managed efficiently, effectively and with care.

It covers:

  • property that can be kept in prison and rules on storage
  • the quantities of property that are allowed (volumetric control)
  • sending in and sending out property
  • searching, recording, storing and issuing property
  • handling property when a prisoner is transferred or released
  • handling unclaimed, unauthorised or unattributable property

Updates to this page

Published 1 August 2022

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Update history

2025-05-19 09:27
Framework updated.

2025-01-30 08:00
Framework updated.

2023-10-24 12:20
Framework updated.

2022-12-08 12:03
Welsh version of framework updated.

2022-11-24 10:37
Framework updated.

2022-08-17 10:04
Welsh version of framework updated.

2022-08-01 15:57
First published.