Chamber and committees

The distribution of the funding has been discussed and agreed by the Scottish Government and COSLA.

Prisoners at both sites have access to educational opportunities and work skills training to assist them with preparation for release. At both sites prisoners have access to SMART Recovery and Sense of Balance programmes designed to assist prisoners to make the right choices upon release in relation, in particular, to substance misuse.

At Noranside, a Lifeskills training course enables prisoners to learn skills in cooking; money management and budgeting; personal and social development; domestic and DIY skills. Prisoners who complete this course can take advantage of a period located in the Independent Living Unit where they can practice the skills they have acquired by shopping, cooking and cleaning for themselves.

Castle Huntly

(a) Prisoners work in the kitchen, grounds and gardens, in cleaning parties and waste management and in limited decorating of accommodation areas. They may also participate in the community work placement scheme, where they can travel outside daily to gain experience and skills in a real work environment.

(b) Prisoners can undertake work related training such as City and Guild site safety skills; domestic cooking skills; training in industrial cleaning; laundry operation; roadworks, and tractor driving.

(c) The range of educational opportunities includes “ literacy and numeracy; computing skills; academic study across the SQA range e.g. mathematics; attendance at outside college; OU study; language study, and creative arts and writing.

Noranside

(a) Prisoners work in the kitchen, grounds and gardens, in cleaning parties and in limited decorating of accommodation areas. They may also participate in the community work placement scheme, where they can travel outside daily to gain experience and skills in a real work environment.

(b) Prisoners can undertake work related training such as City and Guild site safety skills; domestic cooking skills; training in industrial cleaning; forestry operation; roadworks, and tractor driving, and forklift truck operation. In addition, Noranside has a dedicated Independent Living Unit, supported by a Lifeskills programme, where prisoners can learn to budget, cook, manage their time and look after themselves generally.

(c) The range of educational opportunities includes “ literacy and numeracy; computing skills; academic study across the SQA range e.g. mathematics; attendance at outside college; OU study; language study, and creative arts and writing.

The information requested is shown in the following table, using 2007-08 as the base year allows the calculation of one and two year rates for the same cohort.

Percentage of Long-Term Prisoners Released in 2007-08 who Received a Subsequent Custodial Conviction within Two Years

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Notes:

1. Figures include long-term prisoners recalled from licence. For such prisoners, it is not possible to determine whether they have spent time in the Open Estate prior to their initial liberation.

2. Prisoners may be released from closed conditions after having spent a period of time in the Open Estate. For the purposes of this analysis, these have been classified as having spent time in the Open Estate.

3. The figures supplied are for convictions subsequent to release resulting in a custodial sentence only. This subsequent conviction may be for offences committed before the original period in custody.

The capital expenditure in HMP Open Estate was:

The information requested is shown in the following table, using 2007-08 as the base year allows the calculation of one and two year rates for the same cohort.

Percentage of long-Term Prisoners Released in 2007-08 who Received a Subsequent Custodial Conviction within One Year

Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services.

Notes:

1. Figures include long-term prisoners recalled from licence. For such prisoners, it is not possible to determine whether they have spent time in the Open Estate prior to their initial liberation.

2. Prisoners may be released from closed conditions after having spent a period of time in the Open Estate. For the purposes of this analysis, these have been classified as having spent time in the Open Estate.

3. The figures supplied are for convictions subsequent to release resulting in a custodial sentence only. This subsequent conviction may be for offences committed before the original period in custody.

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Further information on the prescribing costs of methadone is available on the NHS Scotland Information Services Division Scotland website, using the following link:

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/1.html.

These were:

i. Barbara Scott''s handwritten notes from 9 November 2004 meeting;

ii. Typed draft minute of 9 November 2004 meeting;

iii. Photograph of Thomas Sheridan and others at his wedding;

iv. Photograph of diary entries for week 27 September 2002.

v. Copy transcript of the McNeillage tape (released during the trial to assist the media in following the evidence).

This material was led in evidence and was the subject of a request by the media. This request was considered and approved by Crown Counsel.