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Scottish Prison Service

SPSO (Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) Not Upheld Reference 201200044 Sector Prisons Category behaviour related programmes (including access to) Decided 01 August 2012

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Summary

Ms C, who is a prisoner, complained about a delay in accessing an offending behaviour programme. She was due to start a programme in December 2011 but was still waiting when she contacted us around three months later.

The Scottish Prison Service told us that Ms C started an offending behaviour programme at the end of April 2012. They explained that she was unable to access the earlier programme due to a conflict with another prisoner on that course. We decided that, in the circumstances, the delay was not unreasonable and we did not uphold the complaint.

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