Prisons

(asked on 10th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish further details about plans to cancel all prison service instructions and replace them with a national policy framework.


Answered by
 Portrait
Lord Keen of Elie
This question was answered on 22nd May 2018

The Government has reviewed all existing prison service operational polices and started the process of either cancelling these where they are no longer relevant, or replacing them with Policy Frameworks. Policy Frameworks will contain clear minimum mandatory requirements to ensure a safe, decent and lawful prison system, with consistency across the estate where necessary. To date, under the Government’s deregulation programme, 212 operational prison polices have been cancelled.

Policy Frameworks are currently being developed in a number of areas under a rolling programme. We expect to publish several Policy Frameworks during 2018/19, including those which contain the key levers for prison reform and the rehabilitation of offenders. Policy Frameworks will be published on the Government’s website, in line with the practice for existing prison operational policies.

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