title: Prison visitor
text: # Prison visitor
  
  A prison visitor is a person who visits prisons to befriend and monitor the welfare of prisoners in general, as distinct from a person who visits a specific prisoner to whom they have a prior connection. Prisons may also have a visiting committee.
  
  ## Organizations
  
  There are voluntary organisations of prison visitors in many jurisdictions, some of which have official recognition. Examples include:
  
  * National Association of Official Prison Visitors in the United Kingdom
  * Prisoners' Friends' Association in Hong Kong
  * Prisoner Visitation and Support in the United States
  * Norwegian Red Cross in Norway
  