My son 20 yrs old and has autism.
He is on remand in Parc Prison. I have asked for reasonable adjustments to be made for him and they have done nothing for him . As he is autistic he has aversion to certain foods , he cant eat them. Parc prison has a facility called the canteen on a computer terminal where prisoners can buy additional foodstuffs eg chocolate, pot noodles, spread, jam , bread etc.
However because my son has had behaviors and he can't conform to their strict rules they have withdrawn his canteen for months and when he is allowed access to it he is allowed to spend 5 pounds a week. In essence they have weaponised hunger to enforce consequences for my sons autistic outbursts.
My son is hungry and is skin and bones now .
Furthermore they have stopped his visits with myself and his mum and we are allowed only to see him behind a thick glass . The visits that were stopped were where we could actually sit and talk to him , hold hands and more importantly buy him food from the visitors center where the visits are held .
The reason the visits were stopped is my son attempted to smuggle a few orios out back to his cell as he stated he would be hungry as no access to the canteen for food .
It is absolutely unbelievable that Parc Prison with its autistic accreditation are doing this to a young vunerable adult.
The list of things they have done is endless and they treat him like a dog .
I have emailed the prison countless times and have asked them to take into account his autism.
I am at my wits end with no one to turn too .
My son sits in a cell 24hrs a day 7 days a week and they were good enough to with draw his medication from him a few weeks back .
Today my son managed to phone me and inform me that one of his meals he was served yesterday had been dedicated in by a fellow prisoner and when he complained to the staff he was laughed at ..
The NAT should go back to parc prison and withdraw their accreditation..
