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Shotts Prison

Shotts Prison. Background. Maximum Security Prison Situated in countryside south of M8 motorway, near Shotts Village Long term male adult prisoners Purpose Built in 1976 Includes two facilities; National Induction Centre & Kerr House. Facilities. National Induction Centre

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Shotts Prison

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  1. Shotts Prison

  2. Background • Maximum Security Prison • Situated in countryside south of M8 motorway, near Shotts Village • Long term male adult prisoners • Purpose Built in 1976 • Includes two facilities; National Induction Centre & Kerr House

  3. Facilities National Induction Centre • Holds approx. 115 prisoners • Initial stages of +8 year sentences • Regime to help prisoners cope with mainstream establishments Kerr House • Holds approx. 52 prisoners • Offers an opportunity in a less regimented regime • For low supervision prisoners

  4. Structure Unlocking times Monday - Friday 07:30 - 17:00 & 18:00 - 21:00 Saturday & Sunday 08:00 - 12:45 & 13:45 - 17:45

  5. Cell Facilities Cooking areas Hobby kits In-cell power Own bedding Own Clothing Own footwear Play station (PS2 or other) Television (£1 a week for satellite) Offers a range of health and sports Badminton Basketball Gym Football Tennis Field sports Weights training etc Prison Facilities Includes a library, prayer rooms, health care, education and wages for the employed and learning

  6. Offence Focused Courses • CARE - Controlling Anger, Regulating Emotions • Constructs - Addresses poor problem solving, social skills and pro-social attitudes • SROBT - Substance related Offending Behaviour Programme • Violence Prevention Programme - Intensive intervention programme for violent offenders • SMART - Self-management and recovery programme

  7. New Stories • Prison officer fired for allegedly having relationships with prisoners – March 2010 • Prison Governor accused of man handling prison officers – September 2010 • Luke Mitchell who murdered his girlfriend is in Shotts, refusing to remove his lip ring and suffering from severe paranoia – November 2010

  8. HMIP Report ‘Stable’ was the word used by both the Governor and the representative of the Prison Officers' Association to describe Shotts Prison. It describes the relationship between prisoners and staff; it recognises the safe atmosphere throughout the prison, which is remarkable in a prison that was once notorious for violence; and it takes account of the fact that many prisoners in Shotts have been there for a long time and many will be there for a long time to come.

  9. Bibliography • www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3649019.stm • www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2004/04/19149/35036 • http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2891015/Fling-claim-Shotts-Prison-warder-Karen-Feeney-is-sacked.html • www.sps.gov.uk • http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/09/21/prison-governor-accused-of-throwing-prison-officers-union-rep-out-of-his-office-86908-22577061/ • http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/09/21/prison-governor-accused-of-throwing-prison-officers-union-rep-out-of-his-office-86908-22577061/

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