To set out in a single document the refreshed SPS governance arrangements in line with recommendations made in Audit Scotland’s Review of Governance Arrangements Report (February 2015) and in an independent report by Polley Solutions Limited SPS Governance Review 2015-16 (February 2016).

In 2020, in light of the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we took the decision to develop a two-year ‘Delivery Plan’. This plan recognised our need to focus on our operational response to COVID-19. Ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of those who live and work in Scotland’s prisons has been our priority.