The Scottish Prison Service

OUR BUSINESS To view the aims and objectives of the SPS, 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. ____________________ GENDER EQUALITY DUTY The Gender Equality Duty comes into force today (06 April 2007).  The Gender Equality Duty (GED) was created by the Equality Act 2006.  This Act amends the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 to place a statutory duty on public authorities, when carrying out their functions ... more ______________________  THE McKINLAY REPORT Click here

PRISON DEMOLITION SETS RECYCLING STANDARD The completed demolition of HMP Low Moss at Bishopbriggs met high targets for recycling and supported local charities with donations from the site. After outline planning permission for a new prison on the site of HMP Low Moss was granted in October 2007, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) set about preparing the site for re-development. The planning conditions contained in the outline planning permission required that any demolition works considered how to ‘maximise recycling and reduce the waste generated’. SPS has its own sustainability policy which is being applied to its extensive development programme, funded by a record £120 million a year funding by the Scottish Government. This policy required that those tendering for the demolition works addressed its aims in their proposals as well as the requirements of the council’s planners. SPS took care to ensure when selecting a contractor that not only cost was a factor but also that recycling and re-use of materials were built in. The successful contractor, Carillion plc, set out a target for re-using or recycling material from the old site at 98 per cent. The target was exceeded with the actual amount of material re-used or recycled measured at 99.55 per cent. Less than half a per cent went to landfill. ______________________________________________________ * 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 2007-08, click here. ____________________ MEASURING OUR PERFORMANCE To view the targets set for SPS by Scottish Ministers, click here. ____________________ SPS DISABILITY EQUALITY SCHEME 2006 - 2009 As an organisation which is fully committed to Equality and Diversity, the SPS is pleased to publish details of our Disability Equality Scheme.  For full details, please click here. ____________________ RACE EQUALITY SCHEME ANNUAL REPORT 2006 To see the SPS Race Equality Scheme Annual Report 2006, please click here. _________________ Prison Industries What is made in prisons....more Protecting the Public... ...Reducing Re-offending __________________ Publication of the Report into the Case of Robert Foye