[Wealstun prison (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a range of catering-related projects, including: a staff mess, a “commercial catering” programme, and an advice and guidance programme on healthy eating.
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Mothers Union Cooking Sessions
Mothers Union Cooking Sessions
[New Hall prison (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: monthly visits by volunteers from the local Mothers Union, who spend the day with residents, help them cook, etc, with a particular focus on women on the Personality Disorder Pathway.
Keywords: personality disorder, catering
Families Come Dine With Us
Families Come Dine With Us
[Nottingham prison (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a programme of family visits, held in the prison’s Bistro, which gives prisoners an ‘out of prison’ experience: sitting down and eating a meal with their families.
Dorset Lunch Clubs
Dorset Lunch Clubs
[South West Probation (2024)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: S. West Probation run three lunch clubs for vulnerable people in the Dorset area, with the food prepared and served by people on probation as part of their community payback hours.
Keywords: community payback, skills training, nutrition
Food Matters in Prisons: Briefing Paper
Food Matters in Prisons: Briefing Paper
[Food Matters (2024)]
This report, from the charity, Food Matters, examines the state of food in UK prisons and makes key recommendations for improving prisoner welfare and security through food. Underpinning the briefing is the belief that food should be part of the “solution to criminal behaviour”, forming an integral part of a rehabilitative environment.
Opt-out (catering scheme)
Opt-out (catering scheme)
[Full Sutton prison (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a scheme which allows up to 150 prisoners to opt-out of the prison’s in-house catering and cater for themselves instead.
Domestic arrangements in prisons
Domestic arrangements in prisons
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to prison “domestics” (phones, food, canteen etc). [From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons].