Prisons: Translation Services
(asked on 16th October 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many translators work at HMP (a) Huntercombe, (b) Maidstone and (c) Morton Hall as of 16 October 2023; and what languages those translators speak.
This question was answered on 24th October 2023
There are no translators employed in prisons on a permanent basis. The Ministry of Justice Language Service Contract provides face-to-face and telephone interpretation services for prisons, on a case-by-case basis, on request.