| Description | Grant file containing annual reports and newsletters relating to the Association of Members of Boards of Visitors (AMBoV). Funding source(s): n/a. Applicant overview: AMBoV became a registered charity in 1986 though its original constitution dates to 1981. AMBoV is a voluntary and independent association of individual members of Boards. The Home Secretary appoints members of Boards of Visitors as the watchdogs of the prison service. Visitors report on the state of prison premises, the administration of the prison and treatment of prisoners and call attention to authorities any matters in need of consideration and review. AMBoV aims to educate, inform and support members of Board of Visitors of penal institutions in England and Wales. Nature of support: No grants were made. Minutes: No minutes cited. Notes: Grant and correspondence files are found elsewhere in this sequence. File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |