Scottish Prison Service
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| Executive Agency of the Scottish Government overview | |
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| Formed | 1993 |
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Headquarters | Calton House, 5 Redheughs Rigg, Edinburgh EH12 9HW |
| Employees | 4,000 |
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| Executive Agency of the Scottish Government executive |
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| Website | sps |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheis nam Prìosan Albannach, Scots: Scots Preeson Sarvice ) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing prisons and Young Offender Institutions in Scotland.
The Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, currently Colin McConnell, is responsible for its administration and reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, who is responsible for the Scottish Prison Service within the Scottish Government.
Employing over 4,000 staff, the SPS has its headquarters in Calton House, located in South Gyle, Edinburgh.[1]
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Key personnel
The current Chief Executive is Colin McConnell and supporting him is the SPS Board consisting of:
- Catherine Topley - Director of Corporate Services
- Eric Murch - Director of Operations
- Teresa Medhurst - Interim Director of Strategy & Innovation
and Michael Stoney - Interim Director of Operations and Fraser Munro, Interim Director of Operational Delivery.
List of establishments
- HMP Addiewell
- HMP Barlinnie
- HMP Castle Huntly (Open prison)
- HMP & YOI Cornton Vale (Young Offenders Institution and Women's Prison)
- HMP Dumfries
- HMP Edinburgh
- HMP Glenochil
- HMP Grampian
- HMP Greenock
- HMP Inverness
- HMP Kilmarnock (Operated by Serco as part of a public-private partnership scheme)
- HMP Low Moss
- HMP Perth
- HMYOI Polmont (Young Offenders Institution)
- HMP Shotts
Other responsibilities
Prisoner escorting
In November 2003 SPS signed a contract on behalf of Scottish Ministers for a "Prisoner Escort and Court Custody Service". This contract with Reliance Custodial Services provides for all prisoner escorting between police offices, court, prisons and hospitals as well as covering escorts from prison such as funerals, hospital appointments and community placements. In 2012, SPS contracted this service out to G4S.
Secure hospital
Some prisoners are detained in a secure mental hospital. This is run by the Scottish National Health Service rather than the SPS.
See also
- Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
- Her Majesty's Prison Service
- List of United Kingdom prisons
- Northern Ireland Prison Service
- Prison categories in the United Kingdom
- Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
- United Kingdom prison population
- Young offender
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- ↑ "Headquarters." Scottish Prison Service. Retrieved on 30 May 2010.
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