Organisation and structure - custody questions 0.0 / 5 ? CriminologyCriminal JusticeUniversityNone Created by: Matthew BrocklesbyCreated on: 01-05-19 17:00 The UK prison service has 2 separate organisations. These are... HMPS &SPS 1 of 26 HMPS & SPS are for... England/Wales & Scotland 2 of 26 How many prisons are there in England and Wales? 118 3 of 26 How many prisons are there in Scotland? 15 4 of 26 How many private prisons in Scotland? 2 5 of 26 Aimed HMPS keep those sentenced to prison in custody, helping them lead law-abiding and useful lives, both inside/upon release - work with govt/vol agencies achieve this (GOV.UK, 2019) 6 of 26 Adult male prisoners are assigned Cat A --> Cat D depending on their high to low risk 7 of 26 Why is cat. an important component of organisation/structure of custody? (Grimwood, 2015) - provides an assessment of risk - in particular, risk + consequences of what would happen if particular offender escaped - key aim public protection 8 of 26 Mountbatten Inquiry... was a vigorous investigation into notorious escapees - analysed problems prison service at the time - how could it improve? 9 of 26 Mountbatten Inquiry recommended... 52 recommendations - implemented very quickly 10 of 26 Mountbatten Inquiry recommended a policy of... Concentration + more effective categorisation 11 of 26 Mountbatten Inquiry immediately... transferred prisoners deemed unfit for their category 12 of 26 Risk = likelihood of escape + seriousness of consequences of escape 13 of 26 Inquiry stated: out of date prisons + inaccuracies of categorisation could = Escape 14 of 26 Advantages of cat - not set in stone, can change in accordance with a changing level of risk. Could this mean offenders falsely "improve themselves" to reduce category/enjoy more freedoms? 15 of 26 Advantages of cat - reduce risk level to low-risk offenders and public - through high security measures to Cat A & B 16 of 26 Disadvantages of cat - lack of UK legal aid - has made it difficult to challenge categorisation decisions 17 of 26 Disadvantages of cat - controversy surrounding re-categorisation of adult male prisoners - due to... overcrowding within the prison estate 18 of 26 Alternatives to categorisation - who recommended dispersal policy? Radzinowicz 19 of 26 Radzinowicz chaired a sub-committee, rejecting concentration policy 20 of 26 He stated high risk-prisoners should be dispersed amongst training prisons 21 of 26 with... upgraded security 22 of 26 The adoption of the dispersal policy heightened risk and security focus across custodial estate 23 of 26 The policy aimed to disperse Cat A prisoners into liberal prisons, as opposed to oppressive fortresses that would cast a shadow on the system 24 of 26 In reality - all prisoners subject to... heightened risk + security across the system 25 of 26 Was the policy of dispersal considered to be successful? No - widely successful 26 of 26
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