Publications

Minutes Of The Scottish Prison Service Advisory Board Meeting Held In The Dumyat Meeting Room, Sps College, Polmont On Wednesday 21 September

Minutes Of The Scottish Prison Service Advisory Board Meeting Held In The Lochnagar Meeting Room, Sps College, Polmont On 28 September 2023.

Note Of The Scottish Prison Service Advisory Board Meeting, Held On Wednesday 29 July 2020. 

Draft Note Of The Scottish Prison Service Advisory Board Telecon, Held On Wednesday 27 May 2020. 

Minutes Of The Scottish Prison Service Advisory Board Meeting Held Virtually On Wednesday 26 May 2021

Scottish Quality Standards: Housing advice, information and support for people in and leaving prison

This policy provides a formal framework to manage the rights and obligations of employees with parenting responsibilities.

A summary and analysis of consultation responses regarding the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Rules 2021

This evidence paper outlines the evidence base gathered in the course of the Gender Identification and Gender Recognition (GIGR) (2014) Policy Review.

SPS’s Gender Identity and Gender Reassignment Policy was published in 2014, hence it is timely to conduct a review to assess its effectiveness and its impact on both transgender and gender diverse people in custody as well as other groups in prison who may be impacted

A survey of people in custody, as part of the review of the Gender Identity and Gender Reassignment Policy

The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989(1), and all other powers enabling them to do so.

The Competencies for Success Framework (CSF) outlines the behavioural competencies that are essential to support effective performance in all roles in SPS.