committed to corr e c t committed to correctional excellence Annual Report & Accounts 2001-02 Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2001-02 Presented to the Scottish Parliament in pursuance of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 Laid before the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers 11 July 2002 SE/2002/178 Edinburgh: The Stationery Office £13.80 PreviousPrevious ReportsReports 1970Cmnd 4809 1971 Cmnd 4999 1972 Cmnd 5349 1973 Cmnd 5735 1974 Cmnd 6350 1975 Cmnd 6546 1976 Cmnd 7162 1977 Cmnd 7391 1978 Cmnd 7749 1979 Cmnd 8037 1980Cmnd 8421 1981 Cmnd 8618 1982 Cmnd 8980 1983 Cmnd 9400 1984 Cmnd 9670 1985 Cm 1 1986 Cm 223 1987 Cm 551 1988 – 1989 Cm 998 1989 – 1990Cm 1499 1990– 1991 Cm 1663 1991 – 1992 Cm 2143 1992 – 1993 Cm 2323 1993 – 1994 HC 515 1994 – 1995 HC 593 1995 – 1996 HC 508 1996 – 1997 HC 18 1997 – 1998 HC 808 1998 – 1999 HC 638 1999 – 2000 HC 619 - SE/2000/1 2000 – 2001 SE/2001/280 ISBN 0 10 888071 0 2 Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2001-02 ContentsContents Vision and Mission Statement 4 The Scottish Prison Service Board 5 Foreword 6 SPS Key Results 7 Leaders in Prison Correctional Work 10 Highest Standards of Service 22 Scottish Prisons’ Staff 24 An Estate Fit for Purpose 28 Value for Money 30 A year in the Scottish Prison Service 32 AppendicesAppendices 1. Location of Establishments 34 2. Establishments: Population, 2001-02 35 3. Average Daily Population in Establishments 36 4. Receptions to Penal Establishments 36 5. Escapes and Absconds from Custody 37 6. Prison Discipline: Offences and Punishments 38 7. Prison Industries 39 8. Staff Numbers and Recruitment 40 9. Staff Training 41 10. Parliamentary Accountability 42 11. Accounts 43 Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2001-02 3 SPSSPS Vision Vision Correctional Excellence e will be recognised as the leader in prisons’ correctional work which W helps reduce recidivism and thereby offers value for money for the taxpayer. Mission We will maintain secure custody and good order; and we will care for prisoners with humanity and provide them with appropriate opportunities. Action We will aim to ensure that: • Scotland’s prisons can fairly be viewed as the leaders in correctional services, delivering effective prisoner opportunities which help reduce recidivism; • the prison estate is fit for the 21st century; • Scotland’s prisons are acknowledged as providing the highest standards of service delivery across their full range of activities; • Scottish prisons’ staff will be respected by the nation for their professionalism, their wide range of skills and the difficult job they do on behalf of society; and • in the necessary pursuit of demonstrating value for money to the taxpayer, public sector costs will be competitive. Values The values of the Scottish Prison Service are: • integrity, frankness, and honesty in dealing with people; • fairness and justice, respecting the needs and rights of prisoners and staff; • mutual support, encouraging teamwork and commitment; • caring for the safety and wellbeing of prisoners and staff; and • openness about our aspirations, our successes and our failures, coupled with the willingness to learn. A total of £5 million is spent on SPS staff training and over 1000 recruits have achieved the now-mandatory fact Scottish Vocational Qualification in custodial care. 4 Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2001-02 TheThe ScottishScottish Prison Service Board pri TONY CAMERON Chief Executive BARBARA ALLISON ALEC SPENCER PETER RUSSELL WILLIE PRETSWELL Director of Strategy Director of Rehabilitation Director of Director of Finance & Business Performance & Care Human Resources and Business Systems May 2001 May 2001 PETER WITHERS MIKE DUFFY JOHN MCNEILL Operations Director, Operations Director, Acting Director of North and East South and West Rehabilitation & Care To end April 2001 CHRISTINE CARLIN MALCOLM WISHART ALISDAIR MACINTYRE JOHN DURNO Director, Estates Review Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Director of Strategy & Business Performance Retired end April 2001 Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2001-02 5 ForewordForeword uring the last 12 months, the Scottish Prison Service has had to respond to a variety of challenges, not least of which has been the continuing growth in the D number of people imprisoned in Scotland. 2001-2002 saw record numbers of people incarcerated in Scotland’s prisons, adding to the considerable pressure already on the facilities available and underlining the necessity for further investment in additional accommodation. An analysis of the figures of prisoners in Scotland’s prisons provides very interesting reading. Whilst the number of prisoners on remand has risen considerably for adults, and slightly for young offenders, there has been virtually no growth in the number of short-term prisoners over the last 5 years, either for adults, or in terms of young offenders, where the number has actually declined. The main area of growth in the prison population has been long-term adult prisoners, where increases towards 15% have been seen. 2001-2002 also saw the launch by the Scottish Executive of their consultation exercise into the prison Estates Review. The rationale of the Estates Review was to provide “an estate fit for purpose in the 21st century”. The consultation period was still underway as the year ended. SPS has continued to develop our correctional agenda and work has begun which will allow us to have information systems in place to accurately measure the success of our interventions in challenging offending behaviour. “We achieved As you will see from the section on key performance results, 2001-2002 was a or bettered good year. We achieved or bettered 9 of our targets. When set against record prisoner 9 of our numbers, this was no mean feat and I congratulate staff at all levels and our partners for their efforts. As was mentioned in last year’s report, the Justice Minister had targets. introduced additional targets focusing on the delivery of our Vision for Correctional When set Excellence. These additions to the key performance indicators included delivery and against record completion of programmes aimed at ending offending behaviour and the percentage of those programmes which received full accreditation. In addition, we were required prisoner to achieve targets in terms of prisoner education and the number of learning hours numbers, this delivered to prisoners. It is a source of some considerable satisfaction that we have achieved or bettered these targets in 2001-2002. was no mean feat and I 2001 also saw the Justice Minister’s reception in Edinburgh Castle in recognition of the achievements of SPS staff. Over 150guests attended the reception held in congratulate Edinburgh Castle in October 2001. I was delighted that the Minister decided to honour staff at all the commitment and courage of our staff in this way. I hope this is an event that will levels” be repeated in future years. TONY CAMERON As I have said in previous reports, the SPS has set itself a series of ambitious Chief Executive targets for making a real contribution to reducing re-offending and playing its full part in making Scotland a safer place for all of us. I believe strongly that we can make a real difference and assure you of the continued efforts of the Scottish Prison Service to tackle offending behaviour, to build on best practice and rise to the challenges that confront us. TONY CAMERON Chief Executive 6 Scottish Prison Service Annual Report & Accounts 2001-02 SPS KeySPS Key Results:Results : Performance against Ministerial Targets s an Executive Agency of the Scottish Executive, the Justice Minister sets the Scottish Prison Service key performance targets. These have normally been A set for one year ahead only, but next year nearly all our targets have helpfully been extended to cover a three-year period to 2004-5. Targets set are designed to measure the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the SPS in delivering its business. These key results reflect our contribution to the delivery of Scottish Executive policies and commitments. Thus we aim to make a significant contribution to a safer Scotland by helping to reduce crime and consequently the fear of crime. To achieve this we are required to maintain secure custody and good order within each prison, to provide proper standards of care for prisoners and to provide challenging opportunities and interventions, aimed at reducing offending behaviour. Additionally we need to work with our partners in supporting health, social justice and inclusion priorities that will help prisoners to reintegrate successfully within the community on release. Finally, like all Agencies, we are required to ensure the provision of a modern public service, delivering proper standards of service, continual improvement and value for money. Our performance overall in 2001-2002 was good. We achieved or bettered 9 of our targets. This was a significant achievement set against the rise in prisoner numbers during the year. The average daily population of 6138 was 1% higher than our previous peak numbers in 1997 and 4.6% higher than 2000-2001. The SPS over the years, has had an excellent custodial record and our performance in this reporting year has continued to provide public assurance regarding the security of our prisons. The number of escapes was well below target and none of the incidents were from within the secure perimeter of a prison. The number of serious assaults are used as a measure of good order and safety within our prisons. In 2000-2001 we experienced an unprecedented reduction in the number of serious prisoner on prisoner assaults. Accordingly the target for this year was set at an equally challenging level. Unfortunately the number of prisoner on prisoner assaults rose again and consequently we breached our target for 2001-2002. That said the figure remained below those in the years prior to the significant downturn in 2000-2001.