If you need this first
A UK landline on the phone you have. £20 a month. Stop any time.
We never ask for their name.
On PrisonCheck, 5 families at HMP Altcourse said the phone list took up to 2 days. Not official. The wait starts when they hand your number in.
Your landline gets your local area code.
ringyard is currently active at HMP Altcourse. The prison still checks each new number.
The landline sits beside your number.
Locked to one network? Unlock it first.
The landline lives on an eSIM, so it needs a phone that takes one. Another phone in your home works just as well: the number goes wherever the eSIM goes. Dial *#06# on it. If you see an EID, it is the one. Phones that take an eSIM
The landline goes in your name. The number and the eSIM come by email.
Prison
HMP Altcourse
Number
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Phone
Sent to
£20 today, then £20 a month. No term. Stop any time.
No risk. If the prison refuses the number, we swap it for a fresh one, free. If that is refused too, we refund you.
After you pay
This number takes calls only. It cannot dial 999. Use your ordinary phone in an emergency.