Scottish Prison Service

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The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is an executive agency of the Scottish Executive tasked with managing prisons within Scotland. It is responsible to the Minister for Justice.

The current Chief Executive is Tony Cameron and supporting him is the Prisons Board consisting of;

Peter Withers - Prison Services Directorate
Mike Duffy - Prisons Directorate
Rachel Gwyon - Corporate Services
Eric Murch - Partnerships and Commissioning
Dr Andrew Fraser - Health and Care
William Pretswell - Finance

1 List of establishments
2 Other Responsibilities
- 2.1 Prisoner Escorting
- 2.2 Secure hospital
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] List of establishments

HMP Aberdeen
HMP Barlinnie, Glasgow
HMP Castle Huntly, Longforgan, Perth and Kinross - open prison
HMP Cornton Vale, Stirling - women's prison
HMYOI Cornton Vale, Stirling - young offenders institute
HMP Edinburgh
HMP Greenock, Inverclyde
HMP Inverness
HMP Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, run by SERCO as a privately operated prison
HMP Low Moss, East Dumbartonshire
HMP Noranside, Angus - open prison
HMP Perth
HMP Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
HMYOI Polmont, Falkirk - young offenders institute
HMP Shotts, North Lanarkshire

[edit] Other Responsibilities

[edit] 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.