Guidance

Prison adjudications policy: PSI 05/2018

Rules and guidance for prison staff on how to carry out a disciplinary hearing when a prisoner is alleged to have broken prison rules.

From:
Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service
Published
27 January 2020
Last updated
5 May 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Prisoner discipline procedures (adjudications): PSI 05/2018)

PDF, 1.01 MB, 117 pages

Adjudication process flowchart

ZIP, 294 KB

DIS forms

ZIP, 22.4 MB

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Refusal to Attend Forms

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MR1: Notice of report form

PDF, 32.9 KB, 2 pages

Independent Adjudication Forms

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Details

This prison service instruction (PSI) contains general guidance and detailed information about the duties and roles of prison staff when carrying out a disciplinary hearing (adjudication) if a prisoner is alleged to have broken prison rules.

It includes information on administering, scheduling and conducting:

  • prison manager adjudications
  • independent adjudications

It also includes details about the role and powers of adjudicators and the types of punishments that can be given out.

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 1 February 2019. It was last updated 05 May 2023.

Published 27 January 2020
Last updated 5 May 2023 + show all updates

  1. PSI and annexes updated, IA forms and flowchart updated.

  2. DIS forms updated and Refusal to Attend Forms folder published.

  3. DIS forms updated.

  4. PSI and annexes updated.

  5. Updated DIS forms

  6. PSI and DIS forms updated.

  7. Flowchart, DIS and IA forms published.

  8. First published.

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