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Duties, rules and general guidance on how all staff report accidents, incidents and near misses.
Completed health needs assessments (HNAs) using the health and justice health needs assessment toolkit for prescribed places of detention.
Guidance for Parole Board members regarding interventions undertaken by prisoners.
Guidance for prison staff on several prisoner legal issues, including private prosecutions by prisoners and applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
Guidance and best practice on maintaining prison buildings to a safe and decent standard for staff and prisoners to live and work in.
The toolkit is a systematic method to review and improve health in prescribed places of detention.
Mandatory actions and guidance for probation practitioners following the death of a person under supervision in the community.
Guidance on operational assurance arrangements for commissioners of secure schools and secure academy trusts.
Outlines the security vetting processes for supervised individuals identified for mentoring roles in either community or custodial settings.
Information on legal and detention systems, in Switzerland, for British nationals abroad
Policy and guidance for prisons on the effective treatment of prisoners who need help with substance misuse.
Penrith Probation Office, is a probation contact centre, within the North West region.
3 Park Square, is a probation contact centre, within the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
Richard Stannard House, is a probation contact centre, within the North East region.
200a Wolverhampton Road, is a probation contact centre, within the West Midlands region.
Guidance for probation staff on arranging unpaid work for people subject to a family court enforcement order.
Information for British nationals detained or imprisoned in Belgium
Information on Hungary's legal and detention systems, in Hungary, for British nationals abroad.
Information on legal and detention systems, in Latvia, for British nationals abroad.
Information on Liechtenstein’s legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends.
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