Despite longstanding difficulties arranging continuity of healthcare for prisoners on their release, the NHS RECONNECT programme, which is meant to resolve these problems, is in its infancy. In the meantime, prisoners who have been receiving treatment in prison for mental illnesses are often released to find that there are no services for them in the community, including no medication. The transition from prison to life outside is challenging enough for these prisoners without this sudden withdrawal of their mental health support and treatment. It does not benefit the public if these prisoners fall into chaotic lifestyles, with the increased risk of re- offending that brings, because the support and treatment they had in prison has been removed.