Family ties transport
A Transport service for family and friends of incarcerated males and females across the uk founded by an ex prisoner.
Our aim is to make visiting family members in distant prisons more accessible and affordable through a transport service specifically for prison establishments.
After heavy research regarding costs of visiting prisons from London vs how many Londoners are in these far away prisons concludes that there is a need for it, and if this service was running then the visiting numbers would be up, so using this formula and applying it to other regions, areas and then countries is something we are already making moves on.
Family ties was an idea I came up with to try and keep loved ones a little closer whilst being imprisoned does have an impact on all relationships involved with the individual, I wrote it from a perspective of being a prisoner wanting to see loved ones but feeling a sense of guilt because of the time money and effort that goes into a prison visit.
Along with family members who may genuinely want to come but can't really afford the cost off public transport.
We are starting in London, so we have collected data on the prisons outside of London, that hold the highest number of Londoners. we have done qualitative research on how much on average it costs to get there via public transport.
At the end of the journeys, there are further sizeable costs in order to then actually reach the prison, whether it be by taxi or bus services, which run scarcely and so can place another strain on time; especially in relation to syncing such journeys with the actual prison visit times, this is a whole other drama. transportation service prison visits
So all of the above are the types of stresses we aim to relieve, together with missing the correct train stations, getting on the wrong trains, getting lost, etc.