Laura Bevan - Director of Prisoner and Family Support

Laura first joined Prisoners Abroad as a caseworker in 2004, having graduated from University College London with a BA Hons in French. Laura then became the Prisoner & Family Service Manager, supporting a small team of caseworkers who help people in prison overseas and their families; she has responsibility for keeping things moving operationally, decision-making on difficult cases, partnership-building, liaison with fundraising and looking at service development.

Laura has now joined our Leadership Team as Director of Prisoner and Family Support. 

She holds a Post-graduate Diploma in French to English translation and has undertaken some translation for CEP, the European Probation Organisation; she also speaks varying degrees of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German. She has worked at the NGO Penal Reform International and was a trustee for Action for Prisoners’ Families. She has visited prisons in Australia, Brazil, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Peru, Ukraine and Venezuela.