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 4 March 2015.
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
The previous work of the Committee Terms of reference Overview of the Government's prisons policies Savings in the estate Operational policies Prison population projections
The previous work of the Committee
Terms of reference
Overview of the Government's prisons policies
Savings in the estate Operational policies Prison population projections
Savings in the estate
Operational policies
Prison population projections
2 Modernising the prison estate
The costs and benefits of the new-for-old policy Replacing old, structurally inefficient prisons New prison building New for old and prison performance Overcrowding Implications of overcrowding Catering for different populations Prison sizes A one-size-fits-all prison estate? Women Future-proofing and the risk of over-securitisation Prisons in Denmark Working prisons, resettlement prisons and the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms Working prisons Integrating prison work with learning and skills The compatibility of working prisons and resettlement prisons Potential problems for development of resettlement prisons
The costs and benefits of the new-for-old policy
Replacing old, structurally inefficient prisons New prison building New for old and prison performance
Replacing old, structurally inefficient prisons
New prison building
New for old and prison performance
Overcrowding
Implications of overcrowding
Catering for different populations
Prison sizes A one-size-fits-all prison estate? Women
Prison sizes
A one-size-fits-all prison estate?
Women
Future-proofing and the risk of over-securitisation
Prisons in Denmark Working prisons, resettlement prisons and the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms Working prisons Integrating prison work with learning and skills The compatibility of working prisons and resettlement prisons Potential problems for development of resettlement prisons
Prisons in Denmark
Working prisons, resettlement prisons and the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms
Working prisons
Integrating prison work with learning and skills
The compatibility of working prisons and resettlement prisons
Potential problems for development of resettlement prisons
3 Benchmarking and prison staffing
The rationale for benchmarking The implementation of benchmarking The impact of efficiency savings The impact on prison performance The impact on safety Access to purposeful activity Sentence progression and case management Prisoner complaints Explanatory factors for the deterioration in performance Changes to regimes Staff-prisoner relations Staff levels and turnover Reasons for staffing shortages Assaults Suicides Drugs Measures to deal with violence and disorder NOMS' measures to manage and resolve the situation Action to resolve staffing problems Responsiveness of NOMS to changing operational demands
The rationale for benchmarking
The implementation of benchmarking
The impact of efficiency savings
The impact on prison performance The impact on safety Access to purposeful activity Sentence progression and case management Prisoner complaints
The impact on prison performance
The impact on safety
Access to purposeful activity
Sentence progression and case management
Prisoner complaints
Explanatory factors for the deterioration in performance
Changes to regimes Staff-prisoner relations Staff levels and turnover Reasons for staffing shortages Assaults Suicides Drugs Measures to deal with violence and disorder
Changes to regimes
Staff-prisoner relations
Staff levels and turnover
Reasons for staffing shortages
Assaults
Suicides
Drugs
Measures to deal with violence and disorder
NOMS' measures to manage and resolve the situation
Action to resolve staffing problems
Responsiveness of NOMS to changing operational demands
4 Governance and accountability
Changes to operational policies The Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme Release on temporary licence Roles and responsibilities of prison governors and prison officers The changing role of prison governors Consultation with governors The changing role of prison staff The contribution of prisoners Prisoner complaints mechanisms Independent scrutiny Independent Monitoring Boards Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons
Changes to operational policies
The Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme Release on temporary licence
The Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme
Release on temporary licence
Roles and responsibilities of prison governors and prison officers
The changing role of prison governors Consultation with governors The changing role of prison staff The contribution of prisoners
The changing role of prison governors
Consultation with governors
The changing role of prison staff
The contribution of prisoners
Prisoner complaints mechanisms
Independent scrutiny
Independent Monitoring Boards Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons
Independent Monitoring Boards
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons
5 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
Published written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
