{"id":1214,"date":"2025-11-12T17:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:37:22","slug":"it-wasnt-until-pas-got-involved-that-my-life-was-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/11\/12\/it-wasnt-until-pas-got-involved-that-my-life-was-back-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until PAS got involved that my life was back on track\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>This\u00a0prisoner turned to PAS when he was incorrectly placed on category A following his father\u2019s death:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was going to go to the funeral, the police made out that I was going to have an escape plan at my dad\u2019s funeral with an armed gang waiting for me. I wrote to PAS and a case worker named Nicki put together a letter asking why I had placed on category A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Nicki was about to do a judicial review I was arrested on an offence and made to stay on category A for another 11 months. As soon as that offence was done with, Nicki got back on the case and had the category A changed to category B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe prison service said the police couldn\u2019t substantiate any evidence that could be put to them about why I should be put in category A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was recalled on that sentence and put on category A. PAS got involved again and I was changed to category B within three months. I sat a trial for a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice into my appeal against conviction, which has now been overturned. I believe this was made possible through the help of PAS and my solicitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe I would\u2019ve been on category A until the day I was released had it not been for PAS. 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