Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 26
26
Deferred
Require Government to produce plan for all prisoners to access full regime within three years
Recommendation
The Ministry of Justice must consider the benefits of giving remand prisoners access to all parts of the regime, should they choose to participate. In the event that this is not currently viable due to the prioritisation of courses for convicted prisoners in order to demonstrate suitability for release, the Government must produce a plan for how all prisoners can be offered access to all aspects of the regime within 3 years. (Recommendation, Paragraph 104)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response highlights existing healthcare and mental health interventions for women in prison, including a recent review and Mental Health Bill reforms, but does not address the general recommendation for all remand prisoners to access all parts of the regime or provide a 3-year plan for doing so.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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69. The Prison Rules 1999 permit remand prisoners to access many parts of the regime if they choose to, including education and employment, keyworker allocation and social visits. The only elements of the regime that remand prisoners are not able to access are those which are directly related to an individual’s sentence, such as Offending Behaviour Programmes. 70. The Government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to improve access to purposeful activity for all prisoners. This includes those on remand. 71. As outlined in the recommendation above, the changes we are making through the Sentencing Bill will help to control the growth in the remand population, and reduce the flow of prisoners in-and-out of prison. This will give prisons much needed breathing space to better tailor their purposeful activity offer, that is based on need.
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