PRESS RELEASE

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As we launch our strategy and priorities for 2025-30, we look to the future but also at the work we have achieved as an organisation in order to understand the developing needs of the people we exist for; the thousands of British people in prison in over 100 countries around the world, and their families. 

Our founders were courageous in setting up a charity that sought to support and advocate for a group that, until that point [in 1978], had no dedicated organisation focusing on their needs. They established a credible reputation which gave British people in prison overseas a voice with the UK government, for example advocating for legislation that allowed for transfers back to the UK to complete sentences. We will be continuing to build on this advocacy role. Our approach is experience-informed policy and systems change - amplifying the voices of the people we support to positively influence policy and systems impacting their health, welfare and rights. 

We have five strategic priorities that set out at a high level what we will prioritise over the coming five years. These have been carefully selected based on a thorough assessment of the wider economic, political and policy context and what we have heard from people with lived experience, our supporters, partners, staff and other stakeholders. We have also considered where we are best placed to contribute and add value given our strengths and expertise as a charity. 

We are ambitious about the future, and in addition to the core pillars of our frontline work, we have three key strategic threads that run throughout our priorities: working with people with lived experience; collaboration with partners and organisations that focus on human rights; and speaking up, with and for people. 

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Prisoners Abroad is a UK-based charity that protects, supports and advocates for the health, welfare and human rights of British citizens in prison overseas and on return to the UK. 

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