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
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[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.
[edit] Secure hospital
Some prisoners are detained in a secure mental hospital. This is run by the Scottish National Health Service rather than the SPS.
[edit] See also
- Andrew McLellan - H. M. Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
- List of Scottish Executive agencies
- Reliance Custodial Services
- Scots law
- Scottish Court Service
- State Hospitals Board for Scotland
[edit] External links
Accountant in Bankruptcy • Communities Scotland • Fisheries Research Services • Historic Scotland • Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education • Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland • National Archives of Scotland • Registers of Scotland • Scottish Agricultural Science Agency • Scottish Building Standards Agency • Scottish Court Service • Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency • Scottish Prison Service • Scottish Public Pensions Agency • Social Work Inspection Agency • Student Awards Agency for Scotland • Transport Scotland
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