Found her!

I cannot believe how utterly frustrating the goddamn Data Protection Act is.

When I wrote on Saturday that my estranged wife was in prison, I had no idea how frustrating it can be to try to find out what has happened to someone who has entered the prison system.

On Saturday I tried phoning the prisons themselves, the prisoner location service, the courts, even the police. Everybody I spoke to said that the prisoner herself has to give permission for them to contact me, and they could not give me any further information.

Today I contacted the court, and was provided with the case number and the name of the firm of solicitors who defended her. When I phoned them, they told me the same story - that they would write to her and ask her to contact me.

But through a 'back door', I have actually found out where she is. Now all I have to do is write a letter, and ask her to contact me.