About SPS
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is an Agency of the Scottish Government and was established in 1993.
The purpose of the Service is to maintain secure custody and good order within prisons, whilst caring for prisoners with humanity and delivering opportunities which give the best chance to reduce reoffending once a prisoner returns to the community.
SPS has 13 publicly managed prisons and 2 privately managed prisons.
These prisons are managed by the Chief Executive who chairs an internal board which comprises Non-Executive Directors appointed by Scottish Ministers and Executive Directors. The Executive Board supports the Chief Executive in providing leadership, direction and control.
The SPS is based in Edinburgh and has 6 Directorates. These are:
Page last updated on 27/04/2012
