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Guidance and best practice on maintaining prison buildings to a safe and decent standard for staff and prisoners to live and work in.
Guidance and rules for prison staff on altering, opening or closing a Prison Industries workshop or laundry.
Guidance for prisons on the reintroduction of disinfecting tablets for use by prisoners.
Outlines the processes which apply to research that has been commissioned and funded both internally and externally.
Information on Romania's legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons triggered the urgent notification process for HMP Exeter on 18 November 2022.
This is the summary of the decision following the parole review for Glyn Razzell
Information on legal and detention systems, in Switzerland, for British nationals abroad
Guidance for probation staff about the rehabilitation activity requirement (RAR).
This treaty was presented to Parliament in June 2013.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons triggered the urgent notification process for HMP Winchester on 24 October 2024.
Regularises the exclusion of non-directly employed workers (contractors, consultants, volunteers, agency and sessional workers) due to safety and security issues, misconduct or other substantial reasons.
Hartshorn House, is a probation contact centre, within the Wales region.
Richard Stannard House, is a probation contact centre, within the North East region.
Guidance for prison staff on making deductions from prisoner wages as part of the Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996.
Requirements and guidance for Headquarters, Prison Staff and Managers on Compartmentalisation and Protective Isolation for communicable disease control.
Information on Iceland's legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends.
This PSI details the minimum mandatory requirements which are needed to deliver Learning and Skills and Library services in adult prisons in Wales.
The National Probation Service launched the NPS Health and Social Care Strategy 2019-2022 in August 2019
This guidance relates to prisoners who have been transferred from England and Wales to another United Kingdom jurisdiction and vice versa.
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