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Executive Summary

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Industry Structure

REPORT COVERAGE

THE PRISON SERVICE

DETENTION RATE

THE SCOTTISH PRISON OFFICE

CATEGORIES OF PRISONS

NEW PRISONS

REFURBISHMENT AND NEW ACCOMMODATION

CONTRACTING OUT

OVERCROWDING

REGIMES

EDUCATION

FACILITIES

CATERING

CLOTHING

HEALTHCARE

PRISON SERVICE EMPLOYMENT

Table 1: Average Annual Prison Population in England and Wales, 1987/1988-1993/1994

Table 2: Number of Prisons in England and Wales by Category, 1993

Table 3: Certified Normal Accommodation and Average Prisoner Population in England and Wales by Category of Prison, 1993

Table 4: Prisons Opened Since April 1992

Table 5: Cost of New Places in Existing Prisons (£m), 1993/1994-1995/1996

Table 6: Cost of Renovation Programme in England and Wales (number and £m), 1993/1994-1995/1996

Table 7: Contracted Out Prisons, 1992-1994

Table 8: Hours Spent in Regimes Per Week Per Prisoner in England and Wales, 1990/1991-1993/1994

Table 9: Prisoners' Hours Spent in Different Types of Regimes (weekly averages per prisoner), 1993

Table 10: Number of Workshop Places by Type of Industrial Activity in England and Wales (number of places and percent), 1993

Table 11: Permanent Staff in the Prison Service in England and Wales, 1988-1993

Customer Profile

AGENCY STATUS

ORGANISATION

OFFICIAL REGULATORY AND ADVISORY BODIES

EFFICIENCY OF SERVICE PROVISION

REGULATION

Industry Supply

MAJOR CONTENDERS FOR PRISON CONTRACTS

CONSTRUCTION

CATERING

CLEANING

STAFF UNIFORM SUPPLY

WORK PROGRAMME

EDUCATION

HEALTHCARE

Industry Forum

Market Size

Table 12: Total UK Government Expenditure on Prisons (£m and index 1983=100), 1983-1993

Table 13: Net Operating Costs by Category of Establishment (£m), 1993

Table 14: Total Net Operating Costs in Prison Establishments, by Functional Cost Centre (£m at 1992/1993 prices), 1991/1992 and 1992/1993

Table 15: Total Net Operating Costs on Prisoner Control (£m), 1991/1992 and 1992/1993

Table 16: Net Operating Costs on Escort of Prisoners (£m), 1991/1992 and 1992/1993

Table 17: Total Net Operating Costs on Prisoner Care (£m), 1991/1992 and 1992/1993

Table 18: Net Operating Costs on Prisoner Occupation (£m), 1991/1992 and 1992/1993

Table 20: Spending on Prison Building (£m and percent), 1992/1993

Table 21: Net Operating Costs on Administration and Other Costs (£m), 1991/1992 and 1992/1993

Recent Developments

THE WOOLF REPORT AND THE 'CUSTODY, CARE AND JUSTICE' WHITE PAPER

CONTRACTING OUT

COMMUNITY PRISONS

MERCHANDISING ACTIVITY

INTERACTION OF THE PRISON SERVICE AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES

Future Prospects

Company Profiles

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

ICC INFORMATION SOURCES

ICC INFORMATION GROUP LTD

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

According to the Prison Board, Her Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody those committed by the courts. On 1st April 1993, the Prison Service became an executive agency of the Home Office, with increased autonomy including responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service. The Director reports to the Home Secretary, who has set out a number of clearly defined targets, focusing on service delivery.

In 1993/1994 there were an estimated 47,400 people detained in prison in England and Wales, representing one of the highest prison populations in Europe. There are a total of 137 prisons in England and Wales; 28 percent of which are local prisons and remand centres, 32 percent are training prisons, and 16 percent are for young offenders. The Prison Service employed 37,650 people in 1993, of which 35,600 were based at establishments.The UK Government expenditure on the Prison Service totalled nearly £1.7bn in 1993, more than double that of 1983. Operating costs of prison establishments amounted to £1.1bn in 1993, the majority of which were accounted for by prisoner control.

The Government is actively implementing a programme of contracting out the management of prisons and other services to the private sector as part of its aim to increase the efficiency of the Prison Service, introducing competition and a comparison for directly managed establishments. Prison Service statistics indicate that the cost per prisoner per week in contracted-out establishments was above the average for all establishments, but compared fairly well with the equivalent category of prison. Potential bidders for Prison Service contracts are required to meet certain government standards of financial status, sector experience and quality control criteria. Currently, four prisons have been contracted out; Wolds, Blakenhurst, Doncaster and Manchester's Strangeways, although an in-house team was awarded the latter's contract. Court custody and escort services have also been put to tender, the country being divided into ten regions. As at April 1994 contracts had been awarded for East Midlands and Humberside, and the Metropolitan Police District, with a further three contracts being offered for tender in 1994/1995.

There are five main contenders for the contracts to design, build and run prisons in the UK. These are Group 4 Securitas, UK Detention Services, Premier Prison Services, Securicor Custodial Services and ManCare Ltd. Group 4 has been the trail blazer in the contracting out of prison services, being awarded the first contract to manage Wolds prison.

Additional areas which are being supplied by external companies include catering, cleaning, educational services and health services. The private sector has also acquired an increasing role in the Prison Service work programme, purchasing goods and services from the prisons, subcontracting work to prison employees and directly employing prisoners on a contract basis.

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