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Spotlight on Sex Offenders in Prison Helen Boothman , AMIMB

Spotlight on Sex Offenders in Prison Helen Boothman , AMIMB. Association of Members of Independent Monitoring Boards. Spotlight on Sex Offenders in Prison Who we are What we can see so far Why it concerns us. “ No man is a prisoner and nothing else”.

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Spotlight on Sex Offenders in Prison Helen Boothman , AMIMB

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  1. Spotlight on Sex Offenders in Prison Helen Boothman, AMIMB

  2. Association of Members of Independent Monitoring Boards • Spotlight on Sex Offenders in Prison • Who we are • What we can see so far • Why it concerns us “No man is a prisoner and nothing else”

  3. Association of Members of Independent Monitoring Boards • Who are the IMB and AMIMB? • Independent Watchdog • Continuously monitoring fairness & justice • Board typically 12 - 20 members • Every prison and Immigration Holding Facility and Immigration Short term holding facilities has an IMB • AMIMB independent charity for IMB members • Informs wider public, provides best practice to members • Focus group on sex offenders

  4. Association of Members of Independent Monitoring Boards • What we see... • Fastest growing group of offenders + 48.5% from 2001- 2011 • 14% of overall prison population (approx 11,000) • High risk sex offenders to – low risk • .......32% of over 50’s and 57% of over 60’s • Approx 120 prisons take sex offenders • However it appears to be a lottery

  5. Association of Members of Independent Monitoring Boards • Inequality • Approx 60% SOs held in 20 prisons • SOTP available in approx 20 prisons • - Internet intervention only available in • the community, • Meanwhile in the ‘other’ prisons • - VP wings with limited education, • training/work, resettlement • - differing gym opportunities • - limited visiting opportunities • Restorative Justice • IEP – inconsistencies • Stigma for visiting families

  6. Association of Members of Independent Monitoring Boards • Our Concerns • Limited vocabulary – need new terminology for non • high risk sex offenders • No apparent central NOMS strategy • Level playing field no matter which prison • Reduction in interventions (1142 completions in 2010/11) • Appropriate and proven interventions • Prisons are not designed for the elderly • Inequality of ‘through the gate’ projects, jobs on release, housing and accommodation • Lack of support/education for families

  7. Aim to complete report and present by the end of October 2013.

  8. Spotlight on Sex Offenders in Prison Helen Boothman, AMIMB

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