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Her Majesty's Prison Service is the British Executive Agency reporting to the Home Office tasked with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own Prison Services). The head of the prison service, the Director-General, currently Phil Wheatley, reports to the Home Secretary and also works closely with the Prisons Minister, a junior ministerial post within the Home Office. Early in 2004, it was announced that the Prison Service will be integrated into a new National Offender Management Service later in the year. An Executive Agency is a British public institution that carries out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government. ...
The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ...
Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...
National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...
Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ...
For an explanation of often confusing terms like Ulster, (Republic of) Ireland, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology). ...
The Home Secretary (official full title Secretary of State for the Home Department) is the chief United Kingdom government minister responsible for law and order in England and Wales; his or her remit includes policing, the criminal justice system, the prison service, internal security, and matters of citizenship and immigration. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is a department of the Home Office responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales (separate arrangements exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland. ...
As of 2004, the Prison Service is responsible for the custody of about 72,000 prisoners in 138 prisons. The Prison Service employs around 44,000 staff.
The Service's statement of purpose states "Her Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody those committed by the courts. Our duty is to look after them with humanity and help them lead law-abiding and useful lives in custody and after release." The Home Office's objective for prisons seeks "Effective execution of the sentences of the courts so as to reduce re-offending and protect the public".
Population statistics for the Service are published weekly. On 9 January 2004, the Service housed 72,478 prisoners, of whom 58,170 were male aged over 21, 10,059 were male aged 15-21, 3,772 were female aged over 21 and 477 females aged 15-21. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Prison Service does not manage all prisons within England and Wales. Currently there are seven prisons that have been designed, constructed, managed and financed (so-called DCMF prisons) privately. There are two further prisons that were built with public money but are managed privately. Two more DCMF prisons, in Ashford and Peterborough, are under construction or awaiting their first prisoner. Private prisons are subject to scrutiny by the Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in a similar manner to prisons run by the public Prison Service. There are several places named Ashford: In Australia: Ashford, a place in the state of New South Wales. ...
Peterborough is a city in the east of England. ...
Every prison in England and Wales, even those run by the private sector, have allocated to them an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB). Members of the IMB are appointed by the Home Secretary and act as 'watchdogs' for both the Minister of Prisons and the general public.
On 6 January 2004, Former Home Secretary David Blunkett announced that the Prison Service, together with the National Probation Service, is to be integrated into a new National Offender Management Service. The Service, Blunkett said, will be "a new body to provide end-to-end management of all offenders". The Prison Service will still have a Director General, who will report to the Chief Executive of the new agency. As of August 2005, the changes had yet to be introduced, with the relevant parliamentary bill having been abandoned due to the general election (a copy of the proposed bill from the Stationery Office). January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
David Blunkett The Right Honourable David Blunkett (born June 6, 1947) is a British Labour Party politician. ...
The National Probation Service of England and Wales is a statutory Criminal Justice Service, mainly responsible for the supervision of offenders in the community. ...
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is a department of the Home Office responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales (separate arrangements exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland. ...
List of establishments As of the start of 2004, the following establishments are managed by the prison service:
Acklington, Albany, Altcourse, Ashfield, Ashwell, Askham Grange, Aylesbury, Bedford, Belmarsh, Birmingham, Blakenhurst, Blantyre House, Blundeston, Brinsford, Bristol, Brixton, Brockhill, Buckley Hall, Bullingdon, Bullwood Hall, Camp Hill, Canterbury, Cardiff, Castington, Channings Wood, Chelmsford, Coldingley, Cookham Wood, Dartmoor, Deerbolt, Doncaster, Dorchester, Dovegate, Dover, Downview, Drake Hall, Durham, East Sutton Park, Eastwood Park, Elmley, Erlestoke, Everthorpe, Exeter, Featherstone, Feltham, Ford, Forest Bank, Foston Hall, Frankland, Full Sutton, Garth, Gartree, Glen Parva, Gloucester, Grendon, Guys Marsh, Haslar, Hatfield, Haverigg, Hewell Grange, High Down, Highpoint, Highpoint South, Hindley, Hollesley Bay Colony, Holloway, Holme House, Hull, Huntercombe, Kingston, Kirkham, Kirklevington, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Farms, Latchmere House, Leeds, Leicester, Lewes, Leyhill, Lincoln, Lindholme, Littlehey, Liverpool, Long Lartin, Low Newton, Lowdham Grange, Maidstone, Manchester, Moorland, Morton Hall, New Hall, North Sea Camp, Northallerton, Norwich, Nottingham, Onley, Parc, Parkhurst, Pentonville, Portland, Preston, Ranby, Reading, Risley, Rochester, Ryehill, Send, Shepton Mallet, Shrewsbury, Springhill, Stafford, Standford Hill, Stocken, Stoke Heath, Styal, Sudbury, Swaleside, Swansea, Swinfen Hall, The Mount, The Verne, Thorn Cross, Usk/Prescoed, Wakefield, Wandsworth, Warren Hill, Wayland, Wealstun, Weare, Wellingborough, Werrington, Wetherby, Whatton, Whitemoor, Winchester, Wolds, Woodhill, Wormwood Scrubs, Wymott.
Related articles The United Kingdom has one of the highest rates of incarceration in western Europe: on average 109 people in every 100,000 are in prison, but far short of the 702 per 100,000 in the United States. ...
This page lists all current and a number of historical prisons in the United Kingdom. ...
OASys is the Offender Assessment System, used by Her Majestys Prison Service and the National Probation Service from circa 2002 to measure the risks and needs of Offenders under their supervision. ...
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