Key concerns 7 items
Key concerns were extracted from the report text by an AI model.
Key concern 1
Estate/Conditions · Repeated from a previous year
The size of the double rooms in all the main accommodation units is not suitable, in our view, in that it is often impossible to fit a chair or a table, let alone two of each, into a room. The accommodation does not comply with prison service instructions (PSIs) when used by two prisoners.
Key concern 2
Healthcare
There is no facility within the prison to treat prisoners suitably for complex medical conditions and during an end-of-life period, as there are no on-site residential healthcare facilities. This results in prisoners with chronic and other serious health issues staying on the units in the prison, surrounded by other prisoners and the usual activities of everyday prison life.
Key concern 3
Resettlement/Release · Repeated from a previous year
The offender management unit (OMU) continues to encounter problems in getting information from community offender managers (COMs). Although the majority of prisoners now arrive at North Sea Camp with offender assessment (OASys) completed, it has proved difficult for the prison to collect further information, causing delays to ROTL.
Key concern 4
Other · Repeated from a previous year
There continues to be little tangible progress in the plight of IPP prisoners.
Key concern 5
Estate/Conditions · Repeated from a previous year
The quality of some of the accommodation is poor and the space allocated to prisoners sharing rooms is not ideal. Although it was good to see the decommissioning of the two-storey ageing accommodation units, the Board is concerned that, despite numerous proposals, there still appears to be no progress in replacing them.
Key concern 6
Estate/Conditions · Repeated from a previous year
Resources should be allocated to convert the dormitories (which consist of 2x3 beds and 2x4 beds) to smaller rooms so that prisoners will not have to share with more than one person.
Key concern 7
Regime/Time Out of Cell · Repeated from a previous year
There continues to be a problem with prisoners’ property not always arriving in its entirety on completion of a transfer. Prisoners face a long wait for their property, which sometimes contain personal memorabilia and legal documents relating to their situation.