Guidance

Handling prisoner applications to marry or form a civil partnership: PSI 14/2016

Policy and guidance on responding to requests from prisoners to get married or enter into a civil partnership.

From:
HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice
Published
20 August 2020
Last updated
2715 February 20232024 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Marriage of prisoners and civil partnership registration: PSI 14/2016

PDF, 350303 KB, 20 pages

Details

This prison service instruction (PSI) explains how prisons should handle requests from prisoners to get married or enter into a civil partnership. The guidance covers:

  • legal requirements and responsibilities
  • evaluating requests
  • security considerations, including deciding whether to allow the ceremony to take place outside of prison
  • the ceremony and registration, including religious and faith-based ceremonies

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 14 October 2016 and was last updated on 20 August 2020.

Published 20 August 2020
Last updated 2715 February 20232024 + show all updates

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