Women Prisoners
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Jun. 19, 2008
ANNOTATION: This Prison Service Order covers the management of female prisoners in such a way that their needs are met. Sections following an executive summary are: pre-custody; reception and first night procedures; induction and resolving urgent issues; health -- physical health, mental health, and substance misuse; offender management, offender supervision, personal officer schemes, allocation decisions, and “through the gate” support; supporting women at risk of self-harm; day-to-day living; managing order in women’s prisons -- promoting pro-social behavior, adjudications, and segregation; “The Pathways to Resettlement: Reducing Re-offending National Action Plan, July 2004”; young women prisoners; older women prisoners; women from black and minority ethnic groups; women foreign nationals; women prisoners with disabilities; indeterminate/life sentence women prisoners; mother and baby units; management issues; training of staff and volunteers; and security in women’s prisons.