Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 2
2
Deferred
Include measures to ensure rehabilitation is not compromised in the next prison capacity statement
Recommendation
In the next annual statement on prison capacity, the Government should set out not only how it intends to manage the demand and supply of prison places, but also the steps it will take to ensure that rehabilitation is not compromised. This should include measures to improve access to purposeful activity, maintain family relationships, and ensure prisoners are placed in establishments that support their progression and resettlement. (Recommendation, Paragraph 23)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts, but responds by detailing HMPPS commitments to comprehensive staff induction, ongoing training, and career development through a Workforce Planning Guide and Career Pathways framework, rather than committing to set out specific rehabilitation measures in the annual statement on prison capacity.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
1. The purpose of the Annual Statement on Prison Capacity is to fulfil the Government’s commitment to improve transparency and accountability on prison population forecasts and capacity planning and to ensure that decisions on prison demand and supply are in the balance. 2. Expanding the scope to include rehabilitation measures, such as purposeful activity, family contact, and progression planning, would move the statement beyond its intended remit. 3. Much of the information requested on rehabilitation is already published through other channels, including the HMPPS Annual Report and the annual Prison Performance Ratings report. Furthermore, officials are already considering what further accountability on progress to improving purposeful activity could look like.
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