Video calls for HMP Stocken prisoners "vital" for mental health.

It follows a scheme brought in at prisons including Stocken.

Author: Andy MarshPublished 25th Jan 2021

We’re told video calls with family for prisoners in HMP Stocken have been vital for prisoners mental health during lockdown.

Over 45,00 hours worth of calls have been made by prisons in the East Midlands so far.

It means they've connected inmates to family in over 100 countries.

Alison Goddard is the chief exec at Lincolnshire Action Trust she says the calls have been really important,