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Results for correctional administration (u.k.)

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Author: Great Britain. National Audit Office

Title: Managing the Prison Estate

Summary: The National Offender Management Service (the Agency) is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). It is responsible for the prison system in England and Wales. It runs some 130 prisons, which vary considerably in age, type, size and the resources required to operate them. Since 2010, through an estate strategy, the Agency has made major changes to its land and buildings. It has closed some prisons, expanded others and built more on new sites. This report looks at the value for money of these changes, considering whether they have: - reduced resource costs (Part Two); and - improved quality and performance (Part Two) - in terms of security, safety, decency, and providing 'purposeful activity'. We also examine how estate changes may be affecting the prison system overall (Part Three). Finally, we consider how the Agency, working with other government bodies, might reduce the prison population by managing key offender groups better. In particular, we consider those serving indeterminate sentences and foreign national prisoners (Part Four). We carried out fieldwork between May and September 2013. This included: reviewing the Agency's estate strategy, prison closure methodology and business cases for new capacity; statistical and financial analysis; and interviews with officials. We visited prisons, including some that were closing and others that had recently opened.

Details: London: NAO, 2013. 54p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 22, 2014 at: http://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/10304-001-Full-Report.pdf

Year: 2013

Country: United Kingdom

URL: http://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/10304-001-Full-Report.pdf

Shelf Number: 133792

Keywords:
Correctional Administration (U.K.)
Costs of Corrections
Prison Administration