Housing and debt
Mortgages
What do I do if I have a mortgage?
If your mortgage payments won’t be covered while you are in prison, you’ll need to talk to your bank, your lawyer and your whānau to make a plan for the property.
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Prisoner's Rights
Chapters in this topic
- Housing and debt
- Before prison: The criminal court process
- Family matters
- Starting your sentence
- Working, studying and other activities on the inside
- Visits, phone calls and mail: Communicating with people outside prison
- Health and disability
- Discipline and punishments inside prison
- Making complaints about your treatment
- Transfers
- Release from prison
- Support
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