Scottish Prison Service

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The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheisean nam prìosan Albanach, Scots: Scots Preeson Sarvice) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing prisons in Scotland. The SPS administers Her Majesty's Prisons in addition to Her Majesty's Young Offender Institutions, the latter being for persons detained who are under the age of 21 years.

Logo of the Scottish Prison Service

The service's headquarters is located in South Gyle, Edinburgh.^[1]

The Cabinet Secretary for Justice is responsible for the Scottish Prison Service within the Scottish Government.

Key personnel

The current Chief Executive is Colin McConnell and supporting him is the SPS Board consisting of:

Catherine Topley - Human Resources
Jane Richardson - Partnerships and Commissioning
Dan Gunn - Operations
Eric Murch - Strategy and Corporate Planning
Willie Pretswell - Finance and Business Services
Allan Burns, Jane Martin, Susan Matheson, Harry McGuigan and Zoe Van Zwanenberg function as non-executive Directors.

List of establishments

HMP Aberdeen
HMP Addiewell
HMP Barlinnie
HMP Castle Huntly (Open prison)
HMP & YOI Cornton Vale (Young Offenders Institute and Women's Prison)
HMP Dumfries
HMP Edinburgh
HMP Glenochil
HMP Greenock
HMP Inverness
HMP Kilmarnock (Operated by Serco Group as part of a public-private partnership scheme)
HMP Low Moss
HMP Perth
HMP Peterhead
HMYOI Polmont (Young Offenders Institute)
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.

Secure hospital

Some prisoners are detained in a secure mental hospital. This is run by the Scottish National Health Service rather than the SPS.

State Hospital for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Carstairs, South Lanarkshire

References

↑ "Headquarters." Scottish Prison Service. Retrieved on 30 May 2010.

External links

SPS official website

v t e Prisons in Scotland

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

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

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