Scottish Prison Service

Scottish Prison Service
Seirbheis nam Prìosan Albannach
Scots Preeson Sarvice
Executive Agency of the Scottish Government overview

Formed	1993
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Headquarters	Calton House, 5 Redheughs Rigg, Edinburgh EH12 9HW
Employees	4,000
Minister responsible	Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Justice
Executive Agency of the Scottish Government executive	Colin McConnell, Chief Executive
Website	sps.gov.uk

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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.

There are fifteen prison establishments in Scotland, two of which are privately managed.^[1] The SPS employs over 4,000 staff, with its headquarters in Calton House, located in South Gyle, Edinburgh.^[2]

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
Michael Stoney - Interim Director of Operations
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

HMP Addiewell and HMP Kilmarnock are both privately managed under contract to the SPS.

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 cells, 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 psychiatric hospital. This is run by the Scottish National Health Service rather than the SPS.

State Hospital for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Carstairs, South Lanarkshire^[3]

References

↑ "About us". Scottish Prison Service. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "About us: Headquarters". Scottish Prison Service. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "The State Hospital". NHS Scotland. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

External links

Official website

Prisons in Scotland

Active	Addiewell Barlinnie Castle Huntly Cornton Vale Dumfries Edinburgh Glenochil Grampian Greenock Inverness Kilmarnock Low Moss Perth Polmont Shotts

Defunct	Aberdeen Bass Rock Calton Gaol Duke Street (Glasgow) Inveraray Jail Jedburgh Castle Noranside Peterhead Stonehaven Tolbooth The Tolbooth (Aberdeen) Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh

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