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Sps an Rep 03-04 Annual Report & Accounts 2003-04 committed to correctional excellence Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2003-04 Presented to the Scottish Parliament in pursuance of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 Laid before the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers September 2004 SE/2004/131 Edinburgh: The Stationery Office £17.80 CONTENTS PREVIOUS REPORTS SPS Vision 4 The Scottish Prison Service Board 5 Foreword 6 1970 Cmnd 4809 SPS Key Results 7 1971 Cmnd 4999 1972 Cmnd 5349 Leaders in Prison Correctional Work 10 1973 Cmnd 5735 Highest Standards of Service 16 1974Cmnd 6350 Scottish Prisons’ Staff 18 1975 Cmnd 6546 1976 Cmnd 7162 Recognising Staff 20 1977 Cmnd 7391 Value for Money 22 1978 Cmnd 7749 An Estate Fit for Purpose 24 1979 Cmnd 8037 1980 Cmnd 8421 Custody and Order 26 1981 Cmnd 8618 SPS Establishments 28 1982 Cmnd 8980 A year in the Scottish Prison Service 38 1983 Cmnd 9400 1984Cmnd 9670 1985 Cm 1 1986 Cm 223 APPENDICES 1987 Cm 551 1988 – 1989 Cm 998 1989 – 1990 Cm 1499 1. Location of Establishments 40 1990 – 1991 Cm 1663 2. Establishments: Population, 2003-0441 1991 – 1992 Cm 2143 3. Average Daily Population in Establishments 42 1992 – 1993 Cm 2323 1993 – 1994HC 515 4. Receptions to Penal Establishments 42 1994– 1995 HC 593 5. Escapes and Absconds from Custody 43 1995 – 1996 HC 508 6. Prison Discipline: Offences and Punishments 44 1996 – 1997 HC 18 1997 – 1998 HC 808 7. Prison Industries 45 1998 – 1999 HC 638 8. Staff Numbers and Recruitment 46 1999 – 2000 HC 619 - SE/2000/1 9. Staff Training 47 2000 – 2001 SE/2001/280 2001 – 2002 SE/2002/178 10. Parliamentary Accountability 48 2002 – 2003 SE/2003/190 11. Accounts 49 SPS VISION SPS BOARD TONY CAMERON Chief Executive BARBARA ALLISON ALEC SPENCER WILLIE PRETSWELL PETER WITHERS Director of Director of Director of Finance & Operations Director Human Resources Rehabilitation & Care Business Services North & East Correctional Excellence • Scottish prisons’ staff will be e will be recognised as the leader in respected by the nation for their W prisons’ correctional work which helps professionalism, their wide range of reduce recidivism and thereby offers value for skills and the difficult job they do on money for the taxpayer. behalf of society; and • in the necessary pursuit of Mission demonstrating value for money to the MIKE DUFFY KEN THOMSON MALCOLM WISHART We will maintain secure custody and good order; taxpayer, public sector costs will be Operations Director Director of Strategy & Non-Executive Director and we will care for prisoners with humanity and competitive. South & West Business Performance Until May 2003 provide them with appropriate opportunities. Values Action The values of the Scottish Prison Service are: We will aim to ensure that: • integrity, frankness, and honesty in • Scotland’s prisons can fairly be viewed dealing with people; as the leaders in correctional services, • fairness and justice, respecting the delivering effective prisoner needs and rights of prisoners and opportunities which help reduce staff; recidivism; • mutual support, encouraging • the prison estate is fit for the 21st teamwork and commitment; century; • caring for the safety and wellbeing of ALISDAIR MACINTYRE BILL CARR ELINOR SMITH • Scotland’s prisons are acknowledged as prisoners and staff; and Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director providing the highest standards of • openness about our aspirations, our Until August 2003 May 2003 August 2003 service delivery across their full range successes and our failures, coupled of activities; with the willingness to learn. Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2003-04 4 5 Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2003-04 FOREWORD SPS KEY RESULTS n the year covered by this report, there 2002-03. The prison population reached an he SPS, as an Agency of the Scottish period there was only one ‘high risk’ escape I was an increased public focus on the all time high of 7,074 on 18 March 2004. T Executive Justice Department, is from custody maintaining SPS’s performance Scottish Prison Service. This centred on SPS has built upon the previously required under the terms of our Framework of recent years, as set out in the three main issues: implementation of the reported development of service level Document to report our performance against accompanying table1. Scottish Ministers’ decisions on the Estates agreements and at the year end began to Ministerial targets. Our current targets, The number of serious assaults on staff Review; slopping out; and record prisoner put in place a system of performance which were set three years ago, help to is an issue of ongoing concern. This year 11 numbers. contracts to monitor the performance of the measure our progress towards achieving our members of prison staff have been seriously Ministers decided that two new prisons public sector establishments against vision of Correctional Excellence. assaulted while carrying out their daily work. should be built and that about £110 million agreed relevant criteria. These will form As a Service, we are committed to This represents a significant reduction on should be spent other parts of the SPS the basis of future performance achieving progress on the four strands of our last year’s performance and means that the estate up to a standard that is fit for measurement. Mission (Custody, Order, Care and Service met its target (13 or less). "I am pleased to purpose. One of the two new prisons would I am pleased to be able to report that, Opportunity). This Mission supports the The KPI for serious assaults on prisoners be privately financed, built and operated. despite the record high numbers, most key Scottish Executive’s wider commitments on has been breached with 86 prisoners be able to report For the other prison the Executive performance indicators were met and in criminal justice. SPS is therefore fully assaulted in Scotland’s prisons. This figure is that, despite the challenged the SPS and the Unions to most cases significantly bettered. The only committed to working with partner agencies seven above our target of 79. Although we record high ‘bridge the gap’ between the private and the two areas in which we did not quite meet to reduce re-offending and protect the are disappointed not to have come below our public sector on competitiveness, by our targets were in relation to prisoner-on- public. target, we are encouraged by the big fall numbers, most allowing them to compete head to head with prisoner assaults and mandatory drug This year’s performance was achieved in from the previous year’s outturn, which was key performance the private sector for the construction and testing (MDT). On the first, there was a demanding, challenging and rapidly 41 higher. This provides us with some operation. however a significant and welcome changing environment. The average daily confidence that the measures we are taking indicators were SPS chose preferred sites at Addiewell, decrease in assaults. Prisoner-on-staff prisoner population was over 6600, with a to reduce assaults are having an effect, met and in most West Lothian and at the existing Low Moss assaults dropped by almost two-thirds from record high of over 7000 in March 2004. despite the pressure of high prisoner Prison site at Bishopbriggs. We held public 29 to 11 (thus achieving the target of <=13), These record prisoner numbers were numbers and the subsequent pressure on cases, meetings in both areas to advise interested and prisoner-on-prisoner assaults dropped managed as we invested significant accommodation experienced during this significantly parties of our plans prior to making by almost one-third from 127 to 86, resources in our estate as part of the drive to period. bettered." applications for outline planning considerably closer to the target of 79. SPS provide a prison estate fit for the 21st SPS continues to develop and implement permission. Planning decisions on both believes that the measures announced in century. Against that background, Scotland’s a number of strategies which support both TONY CAMERON were still awaited at the end of the year. last year’s annual report assisted Prisons have performed well throughout the Social Inclusion and the Correctional Agenda Chief Executive A significant court case, the Napier Case considerably in achieving these results. year and significant improvement was made and considerable progress has been made in was heard in the Court of Session during While the target of 85% of MDT results on last year’s performance. these areas. Figures for this year the reporting year although Lord Bonomy showing clear was, at 83% narrowly missed, Maintaining secure custody is a key area demonstrate the Service’s commitment to did not give his ruling until after the year- this performance was achieved against a of performance for any prison service. SPS addressing prisoners’ offending behaviour. end. The action, while focusing mainly on background of continued high use in society strives to prevent any escape. During the This year 2,137 prisoners completed slopping out at Barlinnie, also covered generally as evidenced by the fact that other prison conditions such as about three-quarters of men and over 90% Tony Cameron key overcrowding and prison regime. of women entering prison are drug users. (Chief The rise in prisoner numbers reported I would like to thank my Board Executive) and fact in the last annual report continued this colleagues and SPS staff for their David Melrose year. The average daily prison population in dedication and support for SPS over the last (TUS Chairman) The average daily 2003-04 was 6,620 compared with 6,475 in challenging year. at the launch of population in Scottish the National prisons increased by two Partnership Agreement.
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