Details of the commitment
For prospective visitors to prisoners

Consider the following attentively. Do NOT commit yourself if you see that it is physically impossible for you to fulfil the obligations that the task entails. Contact us if you desire to have more information. There is nothing wrong in doing so. But please understand that this commitment has to be fulfilled with consistency and responsibility.

• The visited prisoner is usually a sentenced person. This means that the courts would have already reviewed the case, and decided on the sentence. A sentenced person, in fact, is one who is already undergoing a court sentence of imprisonment.

• The visited prisoner may either be Maltese or, more probably, a foreigner. The great majority of foreign prisoners in Malta are Arabs and Muslims.

• The visited prisoner may either be a man or a woman. In Malta, the number of male prisoners exceeds by far the number of female prisoners.

• Visits to a prisoner are generally held once a week.

• The duration of each visit is usually 45 minutes.

• The visit shall take place either in the morning—beginning at 9.00 am, 9.45 am, or 10.30 am—or in the afternoon—beginning at 2.00 pm, 2.45 pm, or 3.30 pm. This depends on your convenience.

• All visits are held at the Corradino Correctional Facility at Paola. If you do not know where visits are held, take a look at the geographic map of the site by clicking here.

• The visit takes place in a small hall at which prisoners and visitors sit around a table.

• The visit takes place in a relaxed and safe atmosphere. However, prison officers are always present just the same.

• Before entering the visiting hall you shall be asked to leave all personal belongings in a security box, and submitted to a light search. You can carry nothing into the visiting hall (maybe except a packet of cigarettes and a lighter).

• You will need you Identity Card (I.D.) to identify yourself before entering the visiting hall.

• First-time visitors may find it rather awkward at the beginning to have a relaxed conversation with a prisoner. This is perfectly normal. The second and third visits will be more easy.

Your commitment to visit a prisoner shall only take one hour a week from your time. Only one hour.

This is really all there is to it. However, before proceeding, now please visit the CODE OF ETHICS that you shall be required to adhere to. Click here.