HMP Ranby / Address:
1 Pilgrim Close
Ranby
Retford
Notts
DN22 7LN / Phone: 01777 862000
Fax: 01777 862001

Stage

/ 2

Category

/ C

Lifer Governor

/ Governor Cottingham / Phone: 01777 862204

Lifer Manager

/ SO Hossell-Brown / Phone: 01777 862032/862300

Assist

/ SO Alison Palmer / Phone: 01777 862193

Lifer Clerk

/ Carol Thomas / Phone: 01777 862312

Lifer capacity

/ 30 Maximum
Offending BehaviourProgrammeswith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / Accredited programmes
ETS (No real time scale depending on suitability and need)
PASRO
CARATS seen on Induction, then within 5 days. Further work prioritised by release date
Alcohol Awareness, Anger Management, Offending Behaviour, Stress Management Course, Communications Skills
(No real scale depending on suitability and need)
Other programmes / e. g. Extended SOTP –
(26 Weeks)

Workshops

/ Please include nationally recognised qualifications
Wood assembly, Plastics, Electrical assembly, Data input, Clothing exchange store,
Education and trainingwith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / List educational and training courses held at your establishment
Full and part time.
Foundation Skills, Computer Skills, Art, Business Admin, Cookery, Maths, English, History, Economics, Sociology, / e.g. Key skills (26 weeks) Indicate whether P/T, F/T or Vocational for each course.

Healthcare

/ Facilities / Level 2
1Principal Officer, 1 Senior Officer, 2 full time medical officers, 1 part time medical officer
Accommodation / Please indicate types of lifer accommodation available / e.g. Single cells 20
Single Cells
Visits / At what times and on what days do visits take place?
What are the visits entitlement for each IEP level? / Domestic Visits
Tuesday to Thursday am and pm, Saturday and Sunday am and
Pm. Legal visits Monday and Friday am and pm.
Enhanced 3 x 2 hours visits every 28 days
Standard 2 x 2 hour visits every 28 days
Basic 2 x 1 hours visits every 28 days

Sport and recreation

/ Facilities
Sports courses (With nationally recognised qualifications) / OpenCollege Network
BAWLA, CSLA, Football training, Circuit training, Rugby training
Other facilities / Full time chaplain
Escorted absences if/when eligible
Selection criteria / Lifer Unit / allocation
Optimum length of stay / 2 -3 years
Additional information (If any)
HMPRisley / Address:
617 Warrington Road
Risley
Warrington
Cheshire WA3 6BP / Phone:
Fax:

Stage

/ Second stage / 01925 733000 main

Category

/ C

Lifer Governor

/ Colin Ellis / Phone:01925 733259

Lifer Manager

/ Jo Brannigan / Phone: 01925 733128

Liaison Officers

/ Mark Nicholson
Mark Dyer / Phone: 01925
733349

Lifer Clerk

/ Sue Wilkinson / Phone: 01925 733139

Lifer capacity

/ 100
Offending BehaviourProgrammeswith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / Accredited programmes:
CALM (minimal)
PASRO (3-6 months)
ETS (3-6 months)
SOTP CORE (6 months)
Booster better lives (6 months)
Rolling (minimal) / e. g. Extended SOTP –
(26 Weeks)

Workshops

/ Please include nationally recognised qualifications
Mostly generic, but also include hairdressing / painting and decorating.
13 workshops (Preparation for employment OCR level 1 in all workshops).
SATRA qualification for laundry operatives
Open college level certificate in horticulture in the gardens department.
NVQ Level 2 in professional cookery
Education and trainingwith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / All Education is part time, either mornings or afternoons on each weekday.
The Core Programme offers Literacy and Numeracy at Entry, Level 1 and Level 2. These classes work towards the National adult Basic Skills Exams, which take place on monthly basis for which an £8 bonus is paid.
Our fully equipped IT suites offer a chance to learn or improve your IT skills leading to the nationally recognised new CLAIT and CLAIT Plus or EDCL qualifications. Once you have reached Level 2 in all Maths and English you can do advanced IT in the form of Computer Aided Design.
We offer a wide range of Social and Life Skills modules that generally involve 30 hours of study. Current modules available are Drug and Alcohol Awareness, Assertiveness and Decision Making, Budgeting and Money Management, Family Relationships, sex and relationships and Parenting.
There are also excellent Art and Design and Ceramic s courses leading to OpenCollege qualifications up to Level 3.
For those who want to study above level 2, we offer a higher level-learning course. With the help of your probation and various charitable agencies we will help you to arrange funding. Once you are in possession of your course materials you can attend a class every morning, if you are employed somewhere else within the prison tutorial sessions are available in an afternoon All courses will be incorporated into a sentence plan target and have to be approved by probation, the public protection unit, lifer team etc, for appropriateness.
A variety of providers including the Open University deliver correspondence courses in a number of subjects. If you are unsure of which subject you wish to study an openings course may help you decide. These are short introductory courses from the Open University designed to help you decide if you are ready to commit yourself to a full programme of study.
As part of the vocational education programme we offer full time courses in Painting and Escorting and Wall and Floor Tiling. These extremely popular courses are 15 weeks long and lead to nationally recognised qualifications.
Finally for those who are employed in Workshops or on other courses we have a tutor who visits the Workshop each week to help you with your basic skills and give advice. There is a joiner and woodwork workshop.
We hope we can offer something to help everyone with their educational needs. All Education is subject to risk assessment and security checks. / e.g. Key skills (26 weeks) Indicate whether P/T, F/T or Vocational for each course.

Healthcare

/ Inpatient Facilities:
No in patient facilities
Accommodation / Please indicate types of lifer accommodation available
The accommodation for Life Sentence Prisoners are:
B, C, D, E, F and G Wing. You will be allocated a Wing according to your requirements.
B Wing is our oldest accommodation, which houses 95 prisoners
C and D Wings hold 195 prisoners, split into two spurs – one of 97 and the other of 98. There are four double cells; two on each spur and the rest are all single cells. These two Wings run the CALM and ETS courses.
E Wing holds 191 prisoners, split into two spurs – one of 95 the other 96. There are mixtures of single and double cells depending on the spur. E Wing houses men who are predominantly convicted of sexual offences and runs the SOTP course.
F Wing has recently been refurbished and holds 28 single cells. F Wing runs the PASRO course.
G Wing holds 180 on two spurs – one of 78, the other of 102. All are single cells. G Wing is the Drug Support Unit and runs the VDT. / e.g. Single cells 20
Single Cells (various)
Multiple Occupancy (double cells, various)
Dormitories (none)
Visits / At what times and on what days do visits take place?
Visits Monday to Saturday am and pm and Sunday pm only.
What are the visits entitlement for each IEP level?
Per Month:
Basic level…2 visiting orders
Standard level…2 Privilege visiting orders + 2 visiting orders
Enhanced level as standard + enhanced visiting order.

Sport and recreation

/ Facilities:
Focus level 1 and 2 gym instructor
First aid at work
OCN sport for life
Generic PE
Other facilities
Selection criteria / Second stage category C lifers
Optimum length of stay / Stay until they progress and move on, or move sideways, no optimum length of stay
Additional information (If any) / No additional information
HMP Rye Hill / Address: OnleyPark
Willoughby
Nr Rugby
Warwickshire
CV23 8SZ / Phone: 01788 523300
Fax: 01788 523311

Stage

/ 2nd Stage

Category

/ B

Lifer Governor

/ Malcolm Abbey / Phone: ext 4115

Lifer Manager

/ Unit Managers / Phone: Various

Assist

/ Jacqui Goodman / Phone: ext 3371

Lifer Clerk

/ Claire Sewell / Phone: ext 3371

Lifer capacity

/ 120
Offending BehaviourProgrammeswith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / Accredited programmes
Other programmes / e. g. Extended SOTP –
(26 Weeks)
Core and Adapted SOTP
ETS
Contact the Programmes department Manager Janice Markham ext 3704
Victim Awareness- (There is a long waiting list currently)
All courses have priority lists depending on tariff, sentence etc.

Workshops

/ Please include nationally recognised qualifications / Industries- Both VP and Main stream covering Summit Media, Electrical assembly, Vehicle seat cover manufacture, Electrical component recycling, Catering, Horticulture, or Domestic and Industrial cleaning, (NVQ qualifications delivered in Catering and Manufacturing)
Education and trainingwith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / List educational and training courses held at your establishment / e.g. Key skills (26 weeks) Indicate whether P/T, F/T or Vocational for each course.
IT, Communications, Functional Literacry, Functional Numeracy, Basic Literacy, Painting, Pottery, French entry level 2&3, Cookery level 2, Food hygiene basic level, English as a foreign language up to A level, Life and Social Skills, Firm Start, Open learning.

Healthcare

/ Inpatient Facilities /

24 Hour Healthcare

Full time Practitioner, Visiting specialists, Counselling services, Dentist, Optician.
Accommodation / Please indicate types of lifer accommodation available
We do not have a Lifer Unit, they are mixed with Determinate Sentenced Prisoners / e.g. Single cells 20
Each Unit has
Single Cells 69
Multiple Occupancy 3
Dormitories 0
Visits / At what times and on what days do visits take place?
What are the visits entitlement for each IEP level? / Tuesday through to Saturday
Basic- 2 per month at 1 hour slots
Standard- 2 per month at 1.5 hour slots
Enhanced 1- 4 per month at 2 hour slots
Enhanced 2- 5 per month at 2 hour slots
1 family meal per month.
Official visits are Wed/Thur/Fri
10-12.

Sport and recreation

/ Facilities
Sports courses (With nationally recognised qualifications) / We have a Gym and Sports Hall with the qualifications of FOCUS, BWLA FA Football referee.
Other facilities / We have a Multi Faith Centre and a CARATs team.
Selection criteria / Sentence must be over four years and are a 2nd stage Lifer with the targets that can be addressed at HMP Rye Hill
Optimum length of stay / N/A
Additional information (If any)
HMP SEND / Address:
Ripley, rd
Send, Woking
Surrey GU23 7LJ / Phone: 01483 471000
Fax: 01483 471001

Stage

/ Second

Category

/ Closed

Lifer Governor

/ Dave Mather / Phone: 01483 471147

Lifer Manager

/ Alicia Emerson / Phone: 01483 471153

Assist

/ Phone:

Lifer Clerk

/ Paul King / Phone: 01483 471253

Lifer capacity

/ 40
Offending BehaviourProgrammeswith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / Accredited programmes
Other programmes / ETS (10 Weeks)
Rapt (rolling Programme)
TC (rolling Programme)
Sycamore Tree (15 Weeks)
Carat Programmes (12 Weeks)

Workshops

/ Please include nationally recognised qualifications / Light Industrial piece work, Catering (NVQ), Horticulture (NVQ) Works (Painting & Decorating)
Education and trainingwith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / List educational and training courses held at your establishment / IT, ART, Needlecraft, Business Admin, Key Skills, OU, Clait
(No long lists)

Healthcare

/ Inpatient Facilities / No Inpatient Facilities, Healthcare cover 07.00 – 21.00
Accommodation / Please indicate types of lifer accommodation available / No Lifer Wing. Accommodated throughout prison, all single cell with en suite facilities except participants on Rapt, double occupancy.
Visits / At what times and on what days do visits take place?
What is the visits entitlement for each IEP level? / Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun
14.15 – 16.15.
As per National standards

Sport and recreation

/ Facilities
Sports courses (With nationally recognised qualifications) / Fully Equipped gym, with hall. Sports ground.
BSLA, CSLA, Gym Instructor
Other facilities / 3 x Lifer days per Year
Selection criteria / Second Stage only.
Optimum length of stay / 3 Years
Additional information (If any) / Caged birds allowed
In cell electricity
HMPShepton Mallet / Address:
Cornhill,
Shepton Mallet
Somerset
BA4 5LU / Phone: 01749 823300
Fax: 01749 823301

Stage

/ 2

Category

/ C / Lifer Establishment

Head of Offender Management

/ Sarah Dabinett / Phone: ext 3532

OMU Manager

/ Kevin Lane / Phone: ext 3531

Offender Supervisors

/ Richard Porter
Howard Hardman
Clive Vincent
Richard Mapstone / Phone: ext 3362
Phone: ext 3533
Phone: ext 3351
Phone: ext 3427

Case Administrators

/ Jeni Jones
Dionne Day
Chris Smith
Emma Blake / Phone: ext 3309
Phone: ext 3313
Phone: ext 3386
Phone: ext 3444

Lifer capacity

/ 189
Offending Behaviour Programmes / Accredited programmes / Core SOTP
Extended SOTP
Low intensity Better Lives Booster programme (Every May, places available from May 2007)
ETS (4-8 weeks)
Cognitive Skills Booster Programme (variable) – on hold until 2008

Workshops

/ Kitchen
N.V.Q. in Catering and Hospitality
Education and training / Literacy
Literacy
Numeracy
Numeracy
Key Skills
Distance Learning
Open University
Woodwork shop
Creative Writing
Music Technology
Firm Start
Computer Art courses
CLAIT
CLAIT PLUS
CLAIT Advanced
Graphic Design
Diversity Awareness
Fine Art
Drama/Performing Arts
Pre - retirement
Anger Management
Home Skills Cookery
Life In The Future
(Preparation for Cat D)
Woodwork
Relationships
Yoga
Waste Management
CV Preparation Workshops
Social and life Skills
Assertiveness and Decision Making
Family Relationships
Healthy Living

Healthcare

/ Primary healthcare provision only – Mendip PCT
Accommodation / Please indicate types of lifer accommodation available / Single Cells 141
Multiple Occupancy 24
Dormitories Nil
4 Wings providing the following accommodation:
A Wing - 35
B Wing - 94
C Wing - 43
D Wing - 17
Visits / Times and Days of Visits.
Visits entitlement for each IEP level / Domestic Visits – Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 14.00 – 16.00
Legal Visits – Tuesday and Thursday 09.00 – 11.30 & 14.00 – 16.00
Basic: 2
Standard: 3 (access to extended visits)
Enhanced: 5 (access to extended visits)
(Extended visits at regular intervals)

Sport and recreation

/ Facilities
Sports courses / Sports Hall
Small Weight training Room
Small area for Multigym,
Aerobics Room
NVQ: A rangeof Sport & Rec qualifications
OCN:Educational qualifications in Sport
PREMIER IQ:Gym Instructor
BAWLA:Weight-training qualifications
Basketball and Volleyball: Coaching & Refereeing awards
CSLA:Teaching confidence to stand in front of a class
Other facilities / CARATS
Selection criteria / Category C Life Sentenced Prisoners only – On initial Reception Prisoners will be required to share a cell.
Must be motivated to engage in relevant work set

HealthCare

Medical 1 cannot locate flat
No provisions for Health Care Location
Not 24 hour in patient Health Care
No de-tox facilities
Additional information (If any) / Shared accommodation for 10-12 months
Volumetric control in place
HMPSHREWSBURY / Address:
THE DANA,
SHREWSBURY.
SHROPSHIRE.
SY1 2HR / Phone: 01743 273000
Fax: 01743 273011

Stage

/ LOCAL

Category

/ B

Lifer Governor

/ Graham Weale / Phone: 01743 273010

Lifer Manager

/ LES BICKLEY / Phone: 01743 273053

Assist

/ STEVE FLETCHER / Phone: 01743 273054

Lifer Clerk

/ Julie Edwards / Phone: 01743 273028

Lifer capacity

/ LOCAL PRISON – NO SPECIFIED CAPACITY
Offending BehaviourProgrammeswith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / Accredited programmes
NONE
Other programmes
NONE / e. g. Extended SOTP –
(26 Weeks)

Workshops

/ Please include nationally recognised qualifications
3 X GENERAL WORKSHOPS
Education and trainingwith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets)
Not known – No info from Education Dept. / List educational and training courses held at your establishment
Not known – No info from Education Dept. / e.g. Key skills (26 weeks) Indicate whether P/T, F/T or Vocational for each course.
Not known – No info from Education Dept.

Healthcare

/ Inpatient Facilities
NO IN PATIENT FACILITIES – FULL TIME DAY COVER
Accommodation / Please indicate types of lifer accommodation available
All accommodation shared double cells / e.g. Single cells 20
Visits / At what times and on what days do visits take place?
Convicted visits are PM only 7 days a week
What are the visits entitlement for each IEP level?
Basic – 1 V.O. every 14 days.
Standard – As above plus 1 PVO every 28 days.
Enhanced – As above plus I PVO every 14 days

Sport and recreation

/ Facilities
Limited facilities due to re-building of gym-projected finish date Nov 2007
Sports courses (With nationally recognised qualifications)
Bawla.
Other facilities / None
Selection criteria / Serve courts
Optimum length of stay / None
Additional information (If any) / None
HMP Spring Hill / Address:
Spring Hill Road
Grendon Underwood
Aylesbury
Bucks HP18 0TL / Phone:01296 443000
Fax:01296443002

Stage

/ Four

Category

/ D

Lifer Governor

/

Olivia Phelps

/ 01296 443085

Lifer Manager

/

Senior Officer Kevin Allwood

/ 01296 443193

Assist

Lifer Clerk

/

Brenda Davies

/ 01296 443193

Lifer capacity

/

20

Offending BehaviourProgrammeswith waiting times (Number of weeks in brackets) / Access following referral and acceptance to: Think First; Drunk Impaired Drivers (DID); Aggression Replacement Training (ART); Offender Substance Abuse Programme (OSAP); Community Domestic Violence Programme (CDVP) – Thames Valley Offenders only; Cognitive Skills Booster (CSB); Delivered by ThamesValley and Northamptonshire Probation areas. Victim Awareness (Sycamore Tree Project); Alcohol Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.

Workshops

Employment

/ Farms and Gardens; Horticulture; production and grounds; Clothing Store; Hut Blue Band cleaners; Orderlies; Officers’ Mess; Kitchen; Works Maintenance; PICTA and Bricks Workshop.
Community work and Full Time Work
Education/Training / English, Key Skills, Key Skills Support, Dyslexia Support, Art and Design, Koestler Support, Maths, Advanced Key Skills, Self Employment, Digital Photography, Trowel Trades, ITW, Assessments, Assessments and Diagnostics, Budgeting and Money Management, Food Hygiene, Assertiveness and Decision Making, ICT, Spanish, Computing, NVQ Catering Levels 1 and 2; Engage Project.

Healthcare

/ Visiting GP twice per week. Visiti9ng Psychiatrist. Visiting specialists, physio, podiatrist and dentist.
Accommodation / Hut based – normally 22 prisoners per hut. Single cubicles for reception week. Double and single rooms thereafter. Single rooms allocated as an earned privilege
Visits / Saturday and Sunday. Visitor Centre is open from 1300 hours with visits from 1330 hours – 1545 hours. Visits are not booked, so no VOs are issued. Generally you are allowed only one visit per weekend.
Transport: Limited public transport is available only on Saturdays from either Bicester or Aylesbury. Please check with Traveline on 08706082608 or use the internet
Facilities: There is a supervised craft area for children, indoor and outside visiting areas. Refreshments are available; freshly prepared hot foot, children’s meals, baguettes, salads as well as tea, coffee, confectionery and soft drinks. Please note there is no smoking in any part of the visiting area.

Sport and recreation