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small caseload of prisoners to make progress away from violence and offending. We will be
monitoring the impact on the levels of force being used as prisons implement the key working
scheme. Staff will have been trained in FMI as a prerequisite to OMiC roll out.
174. The Challenge, Support and Intervention Plan (CSIP) launched in November 2018
provides a case management model to help staff to manage violent prisoners and those
identified as posing a raised risk of violence. The framework encourages a consistent, multipartner response to people using aggression and violence in custody. Increasing numbers of
prisons are adopting this framework.
Scotland
175. The Scottish Prison Service has a zero-tolerance approach towards violence and staff
are trained to recognise and respond to the precursors of violence and manage any incidents
when they do occur.
176. Through its national Strategic Risk and Threat Group, the prison service continues to
seek to understand the changing nature of the prison population profile and the subsequent
impact on violence, particularly in relation to serious organised crime.
177. Levels of violence within prisons is continually under review. Violence Reduction
meetings take place regularly across Scottish Prisons to discuss all notable incidents, trends
and identify preventative actions. CCTV cameras operate within all Scottish prisons to deter
violent incidents and assist in any post-incident investigations.
178. In her most recent Annual Report (2019), HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
stated: “I have been impressed by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) efforts to manage the
additional population safely, and it is reassuring to note that in all of our prison inspections,
and visits in this reporting year, staff and prisoners regularly reported feeling safe.”
Northern Ireland
179. NIPS continue to focus on predictable, stable and effective regime delivery, and have
incrementally reduced the use of cell sharing to a nominal level in all three NI prison
establishments. As of February 2021, no prisoners were sharing a cell and it is the ambition
of NIPS to find an affordable mechanism to maintain this position.
180. The prevalence of violent incidents Northern Ireland prisons (assaults on staff / people
in our care) has reduced and remains at a low level. NIPS will continue to keep policies and
practice under review as part of its continuous improvement programme (this includes work
being progressed to develop a challenging anti-social behaviour policy).
“c) Provide mental health care that meets the needs of all detainees and consider
introducing a statutory time limit on transfers of detainees to mental health inpatient
facilities.”
England and Wales
181. Adults, children and young people will receive health screening on entering prison
and a follow-up appointment within seven days, or sooner as required. This will be supported
by the full roll-out of the health and justice digital patient record information system across
all adult prisons, immigration removal centres and secure training centres for children and
young people. This will include the digital transfer of patient records before custody, in
custody and on release. Programmes such as Liaison and Diversion, and Community
Sentencing Treatment Requirements have also been invested in with the aim of diverting
people into treatment as an alternative to detention.
182. The recent White Paper on reforming the Mental Health Act sets out our ambition to
introduce a 28-day time limit to speed up the transfer from prison or Immigration Removal
Centres to mental health inpatient settings. We recognise that the practical consequences of
making this time limit statutory need to be carefully monitored, and so we will not commence
this legislative change until new NHSEI guidance on transfers and remissions is properly
embedded in practice.
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