Under the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties)(Scotland) Regulations the SPS is required to comply with the three aims of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).

This report sets out the progress we have made with Mainstreaming equality into the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), over the period April 2019 – March 2021, covering the work that we have achieved in the context of SPS as an employer as well as activities that we have undertaken to mainstream equalities into the services we provide for people in our care.