This Management of Internal Security Procedures (Closed Prisons) Policy Framework, has just been updated in respect of PAVA Spray View the amended Management of Internal Security Procedures (Closed Prisons) >> You are unauthorized to view this page. Username Password * Remember Me Forgot Password
This policy framework, has been updated in respect of handcuffing. Learn More >> You are unauthorized to view this page.
In new instructions issued today the MOJ confirms that no Court or Judge has legal right to direct prison staff to use force to compel a prisoner to attend court – see 4.20 at link below Learn More >> You are unauthorized to view this page.
This new policy framework came into effect today. Learn More >> You are unauthorized to view this page.
The first thing I noticed as I approached the Lilias Centre was the pretty gate at the entrance, embellished with leaves says Kristie Clelland. There were no bars on the windows, no barbed wire, no high walls. This did not feel or look like any prison I had visited before. Inside it felt warm and […]
The policy on security vetting has been updated. Read the updated policy >> You are unauthorized to view this page.
The Security Investment Programme (SIP) was a £100M investment announced in August 2019, with the strategic aim of reducing the crime in prison that disrupts delivery of safe, decent, and secure regimes. SIP’s objectives supported the delivery of this strategic aim and are as follows: • First Line of Defence: Reduce conveyance of illicit items […]
Chief Inspector again calls for an end to the strip-searching of women in custody After an inspection of a new £85 million “therapeutic” jail, the Scottish Prison Service has been urged to end routine body-searching of female inmates. Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland has made a suggestion following the inspection of the […]
9th August: This new Management of Internal Security Procedures (Open Prisons) Policy Framework, issued 31st July 2024, has just been updated View the amended Management of Internal Security Procedures (Open Prisons) >> You are unauthorized to view this page.
Inspectors calls for an end to the strip-searching of women in custody The head of Scotland’s prisons inspectorate is calling for an end to strip-searching female inmates. Wendy Sinclair-Gieben has said the practice must end, claiming that it retraumatises those who have suffered sexual abuse. Known formally as body searches, the practice is used by prison officers to […]
By Paul Morgan-Bentley, The Times Prison officers and officials have described how criminals, drug traffickers and a neo-Nazi have bypassed vetting to get jobs behind bars as concern grows about the security of Britain’s jails. They said that a “tsunami” of illicit substances was getting into jails and that security was so poor at one […]
New figures reveal more than 46,900 suspect items have been identified by the 75 high-tech X-ray body scanners installed in all closed adult male prisons since July 2020. It demonstrates the effectiveness of the Government’s £100m investment in prison security and new technology to cut violence, drug use and disruption on prison landings. From this […]