HMIP reports on prison Open Estate
Update
“Crackdown slashes number of escapes from Castle Huntly” Scotsman
“Prisoners at Scotland’s only open jail ‘bored’ with ‘very little to do’” STV
“Boredom concern for Castle Huntly inmates” Herald
“Inspector calls for more job training at Castle Huntly” BBC
“Prisons inspector finds Castle Huntly ‘functioning well’ in wake of Noranside closure” Courier
“Report says Castle Huntly prisoners bored due to ‘poor quality of recreation’” Daily Record
Following posted on 29.01.09
“Open prison security ‘improved but faults remain’” Holyrood.com
“New report blasts open prisons over failure to properly prepare sex offenders for release” Daily Record
“Prisons report: caution urged” Evening Telegraph
“Angus open prison absconders down” Press and Journal
“Fewer escaping from Scotland’s open prisons” STV
Following posted on 27.01.09
“More sex offenders for open jails – chief inspector” Courier
“Senior prison officials reassure councillors” Courier
“Fall in number of prisoners who abscond from open jails” Herald
“Open jails get tough at last” Scottish Sun
“‘Major improvement’ in open jails” BBC
Following posted on 7.02.07
“Councillor accuses Chief Inspector of insulting prison officers” Press and Journal
“Comments on Noranside criticised” Courier
“Angus jail risks being a ‘human warehouse’” Press and Journal
“Prison chief’s fears for Noranside” Courier
“‘Warehouse’ fears at open prison” BBC
“Warning that open prison could become a ‘human warehouse’” STV
Following posted on 27.10.05
“Open prison report published “ Holyrood.com
“Open jail ‘a recipe for drug taking’” Daily Record 27.10.05
“Open jails in Tayside slated for drugs use” Courier
“A recipe for drug taking” Evening Telegraph
“Scotland’s Chief Inspector of Prisons criticises living conditions” Grampian TV
“Jail dorms are a recipe for drugs – watchdog” Press and Journal
Following posted on 10.2.04
“Call for prison head to return to post: The Governor of Tayside?s two jointly-managed open prisons should be returned to his post urgently to sort out serious problems identified in an official investigation, it was demanded yesterday. The chairmen of the visiting committees of Noranside and Castle Huntly criticised the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) for seconding Ian Whitehead to work at HQ in Edinburgh. They also voiced concerns that pressures on the closed prisons would mean a big rise in the number of inmates sent to the open establishments, with possibly up to 200 in each compared to the present combined total of under 300. . .” Courier 12.2.04.
“Open prisons ‘failing’ inmates: Scotland’s two open prisons have been criticised for not properly preparing inmates for life after release. Dr Andrew McLellan, Scotland’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, spoke of his “disappointment” at the preparation for release programmes at Castle Huntly and Noranside jails. . .” BBC
“Open prisons fail to prepare inmates” Grampian TV
“Castle Huntly criticised again: Castle Huntly open prison near Dundee is designed to be the last point of call before inmates are released back into society. But a new report from the Chief Inspector of Prisons says sentence management at Castle Huntly has deteriorated over the last year. . .” Grampian TV
“Inspector’s report slates Tayside’s open prisons: Inspectors delivered a scathing report on Tayside’s two open prisons yesterday?saying the system for preparing inmates for release at one of them was ?worse than chaotic?. . .” Courier 11.2.04.
Press releases
“Open prisons in Scotland” Scot.Gov. (January 2009)
“Open prisons in Scotland” Scot. Exec. (February 2007)
” Open prison estate report published” Scot. Exec. (October 2005)
“Prison Open Estate report published: ?Many of the things that matter in a prison are done well in the Open Estate. But full and proper preparation for release is still not taking place?, Scotland?s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Andrew McLellan said today on publication of his HMCIP report. . .” Scot. Exec. (February 2004)
See also
Report on the full inspection of HMP Open Estate, 23-29 April 2012 | Summary
HM Inspectorate of Prisons: Report on The Open Estate. (January 2009)
Inspection of the Open Estate 18-20 September 2006
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