The Butler Trust celebrates and promotes the best in UK prisons, IRCs, probation and youth justice. For more information, including the Trust's Annual Awards for staff, notable practice trophies, and publications and events visit the Butler Trust website.
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[Dovegate (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy runner-up: a project offering vocational qualifications to prisoners in dog training and behaviour, which provides wide-ranging benefits across the establishment and beyond. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
Keywords: animal training, education, wellbeing
[Ranby (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy runner-up: under this initiative, a team of prisoners help to drive up standards across the jail by reviewing areas of the prison’s performance against HMIP “expectations”and reporting their findings to the SMT and the Governor. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
Keywords: rehab culture, prisoner engagement, standards improvement
[Brixton (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy Winner: creating sustainable green areas across the jail – including ponds, gardens and a mini orchard – providing training and qualifications to the prisoners involved, and benefiting prisoners and staff throughout the establishment. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
Keywords: environment, wellbeing
[Ford (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 10-bed, self-contained unit for IPPs and lifers which mirrors, as closely as possible, the circumstances they will live in after release. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
Keywords: resettlement, IPPS, lifers
[Liverpool (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: 35-bed wellbeing unit, housing people with a range of complex needs, including mental health issues, chronic self-harm, drug issues, and trauma. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
Keywords: health, mental health, complex needs
[Stafford (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a workshop-based community focusing on prisoners with a range of complex needs, including challenging behaviours, self-harm, mental health issues, and self-isolation. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
Keywords: complex needs, challenging behaviour
[Full Sutton (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. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
[Manchester (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 75-bed unit designed to support recovery from substance misuse, with all residents working to achieve a shared goal of promoting an environment that supports positive change. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
Keywords: substance misuse, healthcare
[Styal (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a social enterprise which de-brands unsold products from high street retailers; together with its charitable arm, it runs workshops offering employment opportunities after release. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy].
Keywords: training, employment, upcycling
[Greater Manchester Probation (2022)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: an alternative to unpaid work placements for people who, because of health and disability issues, are unable to undertake a traditional placement. [More about the Kathy Biggar Trophy].
Keywords: unpaid work
