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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[Holme House (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a whole-prison approach which aims to get everyone living and working in the prison to collaborate in helping people with addictions to flourish and achieve their full potential, without the need for drugs. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: substance misuse
[PBNI (2022)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy runner-up: a partnership project between PBNI and Belfast City Council in which people on community service orders remove graffiti & chewing gum from around the city. [More about the Kathy Biggar Trophy].
Keywords: unpaid work
[Warren Hill (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: modelled on Approved Premises, the Willow Unit offers an experience that replicates principles of normality in order to best prepare prisoners for their progression or release. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: resettlement, progression
[Hull (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: an in-house TV station, run by prisoners, providing information, education and entertainment to prisoners, and broadcast to every cell in the prison. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: training, education, communications
[Pentonville (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 12-week programme, specifically designed for the Young Adult cohort, with social aspects, discussing topics like gang life, young fatherhood, forgiveness and conflict resolution, as well as educational aspects. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: young people, counselling, peer support
[Wealstun (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. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
[Humber (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 39-bed unit running a “progression regime” for men serving IPPs, life sentences and extended determinate sentences, aimed at helping them to demonstrate their suitability for release and prepare for a successful return to society. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: IPPs, lifers, progression
[Perth (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a multi-disciplinary group which meets daily to consider residents in crisis, agree what services the individual requires, and ensure that they are immediately directed to them. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: healthcare, mental health, safer custody
[West Midlands Probation (2022)]
Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: a service providing support to hard to reach people with Personality Disorder traits, or personality characteristics that are linked to risk of harm. [More about the Kathy Biggar Trophy].
Keywords: personality disorder
[Huntercombe (2022)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a resettlement programme, tailored to a foreign national population, providing support and advice on an out-reach (wing-based) and by-appointment drop-in basis. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].
Keywords: resettlement, foreigh nationals
