  If family visits are not possible for a foreign national prisoner, what additional means do the prison authorities undertake to compensate for this (e.g. additional use of (free of charge) telephone, at hours that take account of the time difference)? Does the prison encourage civil society organisations to visit foreign national prisoners and implement programmes for them? 8. Preparation for Release and Post Release Support  What efforts have been made to establish good cooperation and information exchange between immigration and prison authorities so that foreign national prisoners can be kept informed about their status? What measures have been taken to allow the civil society organisations and immigration to provide advice to foreign national prisoners? What measures are taken by the prison authorities to ensure that decisions to grant home leave and early conditional release are not influenced by the nationality of prisoners or their status as potential deportees? What efforts are made by the prison authorities to ensure that foreign national prisoners are not at a disadvantage when being considered for parole or more relaxed regime due to their inability to complete the requisite number of prisoner programmes owing to the language barrier? What additional measures are taken by the prison authorities to prepare foreign national prisoners for release given the applicable language barriers? When prisoners are to be deported following their release, what assistance does the prison render with obtaining the necessary documents, travel arrangements and to facilitate the contact between the prisoner and relatives? When prisoners are to be deported following their release, what steps are taken to ensure the requisite cooperation between the authorities of the imprisonment country and the home country for the purposes of postrelease support? When prisoners are to be deported following their release, what steps does the prison take to ensure the requisite consular representation is ensured? If upon the completion of the sentence a foreign national prisoner is being detained due to pending immigration status, what measures are taken to ensure that s/he is not held in prison-like conditions? If upon the completion of the sentence a foreign national prisoner is to be released in the country of imprisonment, what measures are taken by the prison to ensure s/he has equal access as others to such services as probation, welfare, housing and employment agencies and is the prisoner in question informed of these in a language s/he can understand?          18