Publications

To ensure the delivery of SPS' functions in accordance with Ministers' policies and priorities.

To set out in a single document the refreshed SPS governance arrangements in line with recommendations made in Audit Scotland’s Review of Governance Arrangements Report (February 2015) and in an independent report by Polley Solutions Limited SPS Governance Review 2015-16 (February 2016).

In 2020, in light of the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we took the decision to develop a two-year ‘Delivery Plan’. This plan recognised our need to focus on our operational response to COVID-19. Ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of those who live and work in Scotland’s prisons has been our priority.

The past few years have tested the SPS in a way none of us have experienced before, but have provided another opportunity for this organisation, and our staff, to demonstrate our immense resilience and agility.

Our Service benefits from having a clear vision. When we developed our Corporate Plan (the Plan) for 2017/20 we did so in a spirit of optimism as we sought to implement the vision for change that emerged from our Organisational Review.

This Corporate Parenting Plan sets out how SPS will deliver its statutory obligations as Corporate Parent. In developing the Plan valuable contributions were made by partner agencies including the Centre Excellence for Looked after Children in Scotland (CELCIS) and the Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ).

The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of the Scottish Prison Service, its purpose and activities. This section also includes information on key risks and issues for the organisation as well as a high-level summary of performance.

The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of the Scottish Prison Service, its purpose and activities. This section also includes information on key risks and issues for the organisation as well as a high-level summary of performance.

The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of the Scottish Prison Service, its purpose and activities. This section also includes information on key risks and issues for the organisation as well as a high-level summary of performance.

The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of the Scottish Prison Service, its purpose and activities. This section also includes information on key risks and issues for the organisation as well as a high-level summary of performance.

To set out in a single document the refreshed SPS governance arrangements in line with recommendations made in Audit Scotland’s Review of Governance Arrangements Report (February 2015) and in an independent report by Polley Solutions Limited SPS Governance Review 2015-16 (February 2016).

The principle objective of SPS is to contribute to making Scotland Safer by Protecting the Public and Reducing Re-offending. SPS aims to achieve this by ensuring the delivery of secure custody, safe and ordered prisons, decent standards of care and opportunities for those in its care to develop in a way that helps them reintegrate into the community on release.

An overview of the Scottish Prison Service, its purpose and activities.

The SPS realises the importance of effective procurement in supporting the SPS’s operational activity, ensuring that SPS derives value for money from its external expenditure and that the goods, services and works procured are fit for purpose.

The SPS realises the importance of effective procurement in supporting the SPS’s operational activity, ensuring that SPS derives value for money from its external expenditure and that the goods, services and works procured are fit for purpose.