Guidance

Investigating incidents of serious self-harm or assault: PSI 15/2014

Guidance on investigating and learning lessons from incidents of serious self-harm or assault in prison.

Applies to England and Wales

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This prison service instruction (PSI) gives instructions and guidance for prison staff on investigating incidents of serious self-harm or assault. It also covers:

  • how investigations should be used to learn lessons
  • how the lessons should be shared
  • how to use lessons learned to take action for the future

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 14 April 2014. It was last updated on 13 July 2016.

Updates to this page

Published 13 July 2016
Last updated 22 May 2023 + show all updates
  1. PSI updated.

  2. First published.

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