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12 Cards in this Set
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HRA - Human rights act |
HRA is a law that prevents from having our rights taken away by state. It means public authorities must have a legal obligation to uphold our human rights. Public authorities are government, schools, hospitals, etc. |
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Fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals in UK |
Right to life Right to freedom and liberty Right to fair trial Right to marry and start a family Right to enjoyment of a peaceful property Right to education Right to participate in election Freedom of association or assembly Freedom of expression Freedom of thoughts, belief and religion Freedom from forced labour and slavery No punishment without law Prohibition for torture and Inhuman or degrading treatment Respect to privacy and family life, home and correspondence Protect from discrimination in respect to rights and freedoms |
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Prison rules |
Prison rules are in place to ensure to prisoners and staffs are able to function in a safe and secure environment. Rules are in place to lead law -abiding lives. Without rules prisons will be run by biggest, strongest individuals or group of individuals. |
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Prison rules divided into 6 parts |
Interpretation general Prisoners general Officers in prisons Person who have custody in prisons IMB Supplemental |
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PSO- prison service order PSI - prison service instructions |
In order for prison to operate effectively and meet legal requirements, including adhering to HRA, there are rules and guidelines set in place. These are published as PSO and PSI. Since Aug 2009, all the instructions were published as PSI which has fixed date. Prior to Aug 2009, all instructions were published as PSO which has no expiry date and remains until it is cancelled. Reason for change from PSO to PSI because of different establishments across the state. PSO has little room of flexibility where as PSI has degree of flexibility based on their own needs, population and specific roll. Although PSI is gradually replacing PSO but still retains all mandatory actions from PSO. |
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NSF- Natural security framework |
Source document to provide information and guideline to maintain high levels of security and to meet prison service aim to prevent escape |
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Functions of NSF |
Categorisation Control and order Searching Intelligence Control of internal movement Security management External escorts Nights Risk assessment Visits IT Cat A Extremism Corruption Vetting |
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LSS - local security strategy |
NSF is a core framework that each prison will use it produce its own LSS to manage identified risk. NSF sets out mandatory outcomes and actions but as far as possible leaves the actual process to be defined in LSS |
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Procedures sets out in LSS |
Take account of local risk analysis Reflect local physical and procedural security Consider the categorisation of prisoners held in prison Identify staff, equipment and resources necessary to carry out each task |
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Audit |
Under the audit arrangements, LSS will be key documents to be audited by auditors with regard to establishing whether prisons are achieving the performance set out by DDC. |
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Self audit |
Prisons must carry self audit in accordance with the requirements of audit compliance and self audit standard and the security standard. |
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Full security audit |
Full security audit must be conducted by standard audit unit in accordance with the requirements of audit compliance and the self audit standard |
