| The Scottish Prison Service Welcome to the website of the Scottish Prison Service. We hope that you find the website informative. If there is information that you require and cannot find, please contact us by way of the link below or by clicking on "contact us" page down the left hand side of the site. We will endeavour to respond to all requests within 24 hours of receipt (Monday to Friday), more complex questions may take longer to answer. Should you have any comments on the website, or ideas about changes you would like to see, please contact us For Recruitment Enquiries, please see Recruitment Page or call 0131 244 4123 SPS PUBLICATION SCHEME What's New...? OUR BUSINESS To view the aims and objectives of the SPS, click here. _____________________ CHIEF EXECUTIVE MESSAGE Click here ____________________ ESTATE DEVELOPMENT There have been a number of changes in the estate and more planned! For more info, click here. _____________________ CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES The SPS have added Contract Opportunities and Procurement information to the website for potential service and product providers. For more information, click here. ______________________ THE McKINLAY REPORT Alcohol and Violence among Young Male Offenders in Scotland Click here _____________________ PRISON RULES The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006 Click here Equality and Diversity The Scottish Prison Service is fully committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights for all. This is relevant to everyone including our prisoners, visitors, stakeholders, partners and all those who work for us. More .... Cornton Vale Prison Visiting Committee Recruitment HMP LOW MOSS A new prison is now under construction at Low Moss in East Dunbartonshire. To read more and for any updates, click here ______________________________________________________ * Important Information for Disabled Visitors to Prisons * Under the new Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 we have a duty to ensure we can evacuate disabled persons from any part of our Estate we give them access to. We achieve this by creating a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP). If you have particular requirements please contact us with the following information: Which establishment you are visiting, the date and time; and details of your requirements. OUR PERFORMANCE The SPS Annual Report contains information on some of our successes. To view those in 2009-2010, click below. Annual Report 2009-10 ____________________ MEASURING OUR PERFORMANCE To view the targets set for SPS by Scottish Ministers, click here. ____________________ PRISON INDUSTRIES What is made in prisons....more _________________ Publication of the Report into the Case of Robert Foye ________________ SPS BOARD MEETINGS Click here _________________ HMCIP REPORTS HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Inspection Reports Click here |