[Prison Service Journal (2022)]
Article on the issue of assaults on prison staff and how to prevent them. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].
Keywords: staff assaults, safer custody
[Prison Service Journal (2022)]
Article on the issue of assaults on prison staff and how to prevent them. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].
Keywords: staff assaults, safer custody
[National Prisoners’ Families Helpline (2021)]
Safer Custody portal containing emergency contact details for every prison in England and Wales, for families concerned about a loved one who may be at risk of suicide or self harm.
Keywords: self harm, safer custody
[Wealstun (2021)]
Ruth Mann Trophy finalist: “Problem Support Mentors” are trained wing based peer mentors acting as social problem solving coaches, using the 6 step problem solving principles of the Thinking Skills Programme. (TSP) [For more about the Ruth Mann Trophy click here].
Keywords: peer mentors, safer custody, problem solving
[Full Sutton (2021)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: the Safer Custody Dedicated Cleaning Team is a cleaning work party comprised of some of the most complex prisoners who present a heightened risk of self harm, supported and supervised on rotation by their key workers. [For more about the Ruth Mann Trophy click here].
Keywords: safer custody, decency
[Hull (2021)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: Hull’s version of Listeners (set up because the local Samaritans branch were unable to assist). [For more about the Ruth Mann Trophy click here].
Keywords: safer custody
[Serco prisons (2021)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: an IT-based system for helping to identify vulnerable prisoners and those at risk of self isolation. [For more about the Ruth Mann Trophy click here].
Keywords: safer custody
[Stocken (2021)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: prisoner buskers line the route to work, playing music to brighten the day and lighten the mood of prisoners and staff alike. [For more about the Ruth Mann Trophy click here].
Keywords: safer custody, violence reduction, wellbeing
[Whitemoor (2021)]
Ruth Mann Trophy submission: Whitemoor has removed all razor blades from the prison, replacing them with electric razors and depilation creams. [For more about the Ruth Mann Trophy click here].
Keywords: safer custody
[Prison Reform Trust (2020)]
Research based on interviews with prisoners on their views about reducing violence in prisons.
Keywords: violence reduction, safer custody
[Prison Reform Trust (2020)]
Research into distress among prisoners and ways in which it might be ameliorated – drawing on prisoners’ own ideas and experiences.
Keywords: safer custody, self harm, suicide