Guidance

Ensuring equality: PSI 32/2011

Guidelines for prisons on how to manage issues relating to equalities and deal with instances of discrimination.

From:
HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice
Published
27 January 2020

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Ensuring equality: PSI 32/2011

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Details

This prison service instruction (PSI) describes how prisons should work to ensure fair and equal treatment of all prisoners and visitors, by:

  • working to prevent discrimination on the grounds of characteristics such as age, disability, gender, race, religion and sexual orientation
  • actively promoting equality
  • investigating and dealing with instances of discrimination when they arise

It includes guidance on legal obligations as well as the requirement for monitoring, reporting and producing equality impact assessments.

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 14 April 2011 and was last updated on 27 January 2020.

Published 27 January 2020

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