Justice Committee - Twelfth Report
Role of the Prison Officer
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 October 2009.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Introduction
The prison officer as a key figure in
reducing re-offending
A system under pressure
The history of the role of the prison officer
A varied workplace
1 What is prison for?
The view of the Ministry of Justice
The implications of the Ministry of Justice's
view
Impact on prison officers
What the role of imprisonment should be
What is required from a prison officer
2 Recruitment and training
History of recruitment and training
Current recruitment and training process
Concerns over recruitment and training
Age of recruitment
Racism in prisons
Initial training
Introduction of the NVQ in custodial care
Current training regime
Promotion and specialisation
3 Management of prison officers
Relationship with senior management
Recruitment and management
Workforce Modernisation Programme
The culture of individual prisons
Fighting a negative culture
4 National Offender Management Service
The offender supervisor role
5 Private prisons
The differences between the public and
private sector
6 The prison building programme and clustering
The prison building programme
Clustering
7 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: e-consultation
Practicalities
Outreach
Forum questions
Participants
Summary of contributions
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted evidence
Reports from the Justice Committee since
Session 2007-08
Oral and Written Evidence
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Written Evidence
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