THE PRISONS HANDBOOK 2013 PUBLISHED TODAY – 1,200 PAGES

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Published November 2012

“An invaluable source of authoritative information about prisons” Baroness Scotland QC, HM Attorney General for England and Wales

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Harry ‘Big H’ MacKenney - freed after 25 years wrongly imprisoned

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CONTENTS: THE PRISONS HANDBOOK 2013
Map of Prison Establishments, Inside front cover
Mark Leech Biography, 3
Prisoner Location Service, 4
Ministry of Justice Press Office, 4
Dedication, Chris Tchaikovsky, 7
Acknowledgments, 8
Foreword, Rt.Hon Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow
Secretary of State for Justice, 9
Editorial: ‘Prisons Ombudsman: An Office in Dangerous Decline?’, 11
Introduction, 14
Performance Standards & Specifications, 16
Director of Specifications, 21
Glossary of Terms, 22
Prison Population 2012-2013, 27

SECTION 1 – PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS:
1.1 Prison Service Establishments in England and Wales 2012-2013, pages 37-330
1.1.2 National Prison Management, 331
1.1.3 Prison Performance Ratings, 338
1.1.4 Governing Governors, 340
1.2 Cost Per Prisoner Place 2011-2012, 341
1.3 Private Sector Prison Contractors, 342
1.4 Other United Kingdom Prison Addresses, 343

SECTION 2 – ADVICE
2.1 Early Days in Custody, 349
2.2 Offending Behaviour Progs, 370
2.3 CCRC, 374
2.4 Requests and Complaints – how to complain
and who to complaint to, 380
2.4.1 How to Complain / Make a Request, 380
2.4.2 Prisons & Probation Ombudsman, 384
2.5 Prisoner Communications (Letters, visits and
Phone Calls), 401
2.6 Drugs and Alcohol in Prisons, 408
2.7 The Prison Disciplinary System Simon
Creighton & Hamish Arnott, 414
2.8 Who Can Help? 426
2.9 Healthcare, 429
2.10 Religion, 433
2.11 Equality (Age, Gender, Disability & Race), 443
2.12 Social Security and Discharge Grants, 446
2.13 Release, 457
2.14 Life Sentences Simon Creighton, 463
2.15 Women Prisoners, 469
2.16 Young Adult Offenders, 480
2.17 Young People, 487
2.18 Foreign National Prisoners, 492
2.19 Disability in Prison, 497
2.20 Education, Training & Skills, 503
2.21 Work and Pay, 507
2.22 Incentives and Earned Privileges, 515
2.23 Civil Partnerships, 523
2.24 Elderly Prisoners, 527
2.25 Segregation, 530

SECTION 3 – THE DIRECTORY
3.1 Government & Statutory Agencies, 539
3.2 Support, Campaigning & Pressure Groups, 543
3.3 Professional Organisations, 538
3.4 Academic Websites, 551
3.5 Penal Pot Pourri, 551

SECTION 4 – LEGAL

4.1 Prisoners & The Law: By
Stephen Field, 553
Part i Background & Purpose, 554
Part ii Sources, 557 Human Rights Act, 557
ECHR, 559
Prison Act 1952, 562
Prison Rules 563 Parole Board Rules, 580
Part iii A-Z Prison Law, 586
Part iv Appeals, 786
Part v Organs of Government, 79
Part vi Websites, 803

SECTION 5 – FORUM

5.1 Something to Say:
Deaths in Custody, Hannah Ward, INQUEST, 805
5.2 For or Against….. Whole Life Tariffs
For: Mark Leech, 807
Against: Simon Creighton, 809

SECTION 6 – REPORTS
6.1 Introduction to the Prisons Inspectorate, 811
6.1.1 HMCIP Reports, 811
6.1.2 HMCIP Latest Report summaries, 814
6.2 Official Annual Reports, 925
6.2.1 NOMS Annual Report 2011-12, 925
6.2.2 Prison & Probation Ombudsman’s Annual
Report 2011-12, 925
6.2.3 HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Annual Report
2011-12, 944
6.2.4 Independent Monitoring Boards Annual
Reports, 951
6.2.4.1 IMB Introduction, 951
6.2.4.2 IMB Annual Reports Summaries, 952
6.3 Recent Reports & Publications, 1084 6.3.1
NOMS/Justice/HMPS 2011-12, 1084
6.3.2 HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, 1086
6.3.3 Prisons & Probation Ombudsman, 1090

SECTION 7 – ANNEXES
7.1 Parliamentary Questions 2011-12,1095
7.2 Deaths in Custody 1990-2012, 1118
7.3 Butler Trust Awards & Prizes, 1120

SECTION 8 – PRISON STAFF 2012-2013
Prison Staff, 1123
Prison Officers 1123
Prison Governors, 1125
Prison Staffing, Statistics & Pay Rates 2012, 1129-1158

SECTION 9 – WRITERS’ DIGEST, 1159

SECTION 10 – CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, 1177

INDEX, 1187