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Prison video link, parole and adjudications
Legal visits by secure HMPPS video link, parole board hearings, adjudications and sentence planning — without the journey.
Video link instead of a visit
A prison legal visit costs a solicitor most of a day. By secure HMPPS video link, the same conference takes the time it actually needs, and the interpreter does not add travel to the bill.
I work across the HMP estate UK-wide and hold both CTC clearance and Enhanced DBS, which is what most establishments will ask for.
Parole and remorse
Parole boards assess insight and remorse, and both are judgements about how a person says something. Arabic expressions of contrition frequently run through religious register — invocations of forgiveness, set formulae that carry real weight to the speaker.
Rendered literally into English, those can sound formulaic. Rendered too freely, the interpreter has manufactured remorse the prisoner did not express. The professional line is to render faithfully and make sure the panel knows it is hearing a religious formula rather than a rehearsed line. That is a note the interpreter should be able to give the board, and most are never asked for it.
Instructing me for this work
£50 per hour remote, one-hour minimum. Remote only — in-person enquiries are referred to an NRPSI-registered colleague. All dialects excluding North African (Algerian, Libyan, Moroccan and Tunisian), all settings. A free 30-minute pre-instruction consultation is available to confirm the client's dialect and plan logistics.
Legal aid instructions
Legally aided work is charged at the LAA-prescribed rate: currently £28 per hour for civil work (including family) and £32 per hour for criminal work, non-London. One-hour minimum for conferences. Itemised invoices and attendance notes, including any waiting time, are provided as standard so the claim can be assessed. Where prior authority is needed to exceed the prescribed rate, I will provide a short note confirming the dialect requirement and my registration. Private and direct instructions are quoted at the rates above.
Dialect coverage
Booking an Arabic interpreter? Hear back the same working day.
Send me the dialect, the setting and the date. I reply the same working day with availability and the rate. Remote UK-wide, no agency margin.
Prefer email? Send a ready-made booking brief or write to [email protected]