Armey prison: Gary boothroyd, pippa jones
Discussion of david davis views on reoffending & the riots
Management of a prison
× Population protection & protecting society
× Mission statement “protecting the public” doesn’t really fit with reoffending model.
× Voids & population movement across UK - logistical problem as much as social.
× 12 month revolving door – 75% of prisoners in armley jail reoffend in 12 months.
× “People feel well looked after in here”. The “prison operates on good will”
× Average age is 24. 80% have a drug problem
× They have random drug tests every week, and search everyone coming in & out. but 1,000 people have keys for the prison
× The Manchester riots changed everything about prison conditions but it was only 12 years ago..
× Vulnerable prison unit – 20 people at a time, for those who will get hurt.
Social impact bonds –
× armley is the public sector being road tested.
× Birmingham got road tested and is now in private hands
× Peterborough has been outsourced
× “There is a need to rebrand” Closer working with the third sector
× “prisoners get to 35 and then decide to stop – the only question is how to speed this up”?
× Resettlement wing is brand new.
× Do we need a new compact between prisoners and prisons?
× You get more drug help in prison than outside
× CCTV is everywhere
× Mental health problems are rife – is prison a storing house for system failure in other areas..?
Educing reoffending–
× Prison used to be the ultimate goal of the police. Remove the problem.
× Whose job is it to change behaviour? Probation, youth offending, police, voluntary sector. Who is responsible in a very expensive system?
× How will targeting work? We know the most likely to offend. We know the most likely to reoffend. Isn’t this dangerous?
× How does dispersal work – putting ex-offenders back where they were doesn’t work. There is still limited support for this
× Three most important factors: Housing, work, drug rehabilitation
What is the point in short term sentences
× Just long enough to become a proper criminal
× They’ve got a Max Spielman outlet in Liverpool women’s prison
× Thompsons keycutting placements, teach haircutting, making boxershorts, kitchen work
× Why can’t prisons employ ex-prisoners?
× What are the job needs of leeds?
Getting people back into society
× Police reduce the survalance of new prisoners to give them a chance
× Spent convictions over 10 years
× Burlary is a lifestyle? Zero tolerance.
× How much does the general population care if it’s a problem they don’t have to live with.
× How much is it good people just in a bad place?
× Remand is a big problem. Its not worth investing in people who may not end up staying (so no targets)
× Data functions based on reoffending rates
× Pay By Results needs innovation and then evaluation
× Risk transfer model (£1.4m investors input).