{"id":2094,"date":"2023-10-15T13:54:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T13:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/licencedinvestigator.co.uk\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2023-10-15T14:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:08:49","slug":"the-tannoy-system-seems-to-pick-up-carol-singing-very-faintly-and-a-bleak-place-takes-on-a-new-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/licencedinvestigator.co.uk\/process-server\/the-tannoy-system-seems-to-pick-up-carol-singing-very-faintly-and-a-bleak-place-takes-on-a-new-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"The tannoy system seems to pick up carol singing, very faintly, and a bleak place takes on a new identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In my 35+ years as a process server I have been to many prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some Cat A, some Cat B, mostly Cat C, mostly in the North and English Midlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the years I have noticed that a lot of new prisons have replaced His Majesty’s Prison Service establishments with private companies. Every prison has its own individual characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From a process servers point of view I need a speedy method of arranging the visit and then I need to meet the prisoner as arranged and to hopefully, proceed to explain and serve the documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, the “Bureaucratic” un-wielding system can often catch you out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wont shame the Prison, but, it is Cat B, and serves a large city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ok, made the booking to see the prisoner (Usually this is completed by a phone call or email to the prison) – got to the prison and found two car parks, side by side – the staff car park is almost empty whilst the public car park is full. You pull back onto the main road and cars are parked bumper to bumper – you have to drive for around 5 minutes, park up and walk back to the prison reception. On this particular occasion I presented my passport and driving licence to confirm my id and went through the search and fingerprint system. Got into the prison – at the next window a prison officer tells me that as I am late the prisoner has been been taken back to his cell and that I will need to rebook. The other prison officers will not wield and that is than – another long journey on another day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have now learnt to “Ring ahead” if I am going to be delayed when travelling to the prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other frustrating aspect of visiting prisoners to serve documents is that the prisoner can decline the visit – you go through all the formalities and then you are advised of the situation. The documents are then sent to the prisoner in the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On one occasion I was told that the prisoner, “Could not be found”. I kept getting updates as the visiting window was “Closing”. Transpired that the prisoner was in a workshop on the other side of the prison and could not be fetched in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most prisons during lockdown ceased all visits, my local prison HMP Leeds are still not allowing legal or special visits. Fortunately we have built up a good relationship with the prison and can email the documents into the prison and the staff serve the prisoner on our behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like going to all the Serco run prisons – Doncaster, Dovegate, Forest Bank as I do the state run prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n