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The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service
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Published: Monday 10 Jun 2024 (PAC062024R3)
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Introduction
The Scottish Courts Custody Prisoner Escorting Services contract
Background
Delivery of the contract
Changes to the operating environment
Higher prisoner population
A complex and ageing prisoner population
Increased capacity to tackle criminal court backlogs
Impact on the delivery of the contract
Recruitment and retention of staff
Action taken to support the delivery of the contract
Financial support for the recruitment and retention of staff
Removing financial penalties
Scheduling of hospital appointments
Recalibration of the contract
Other action taken by MALG partners
Impact on the justice sector and NHS
Impact on courts and associated costs
Impact on Police Scotland and associated costs
Impact on the Scottish Prison Service
Impact on the NHS
Impact on prisoners
Impact on victims and witnesses of crime
Risk of contract failure
A safe environment
Due diligence
Planning for future contracts
HMIPS review
Scotland's prisons
Prison population
Changing demographics
Impact of increasing prisoner numbers
Overcrowding
Restricted regimes
Prisoners on remand
Scottish Prison Service and Scottish Government action
Prison estate
Condition of the estate
Capital programme
Impact of the prison estate on prisoners
Future improvements
Annexe: Extracts of minutes
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