NIPS Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13 - Department of Justice

2012-2013
Hate Crime Project
A challenge hate crime project in partnership
between NIPS and NIACRO and funded under the
European Union’s PEACE III Programme concluded
its three year period of research in December 2012.
The research has offered solutions by recommending
a series of changes to policies and procedures, and a
model of intervention to address the behaviours of
those convicted of hate crime.
Family Matters
Maghaberry’s Family Matters programme, which is
a joint initiative between NIPS and Barnardos, was
launched during this year. It is a fully accredited
programme which is designed to encourage fathers
in custody to have positive interaction and develop
strong bonds with their families and children. The
initial programme has proved successful and further
programmes will be facilitated throughout 2013.
Big Book Share
Business Enterprise Skills
Advantage was successful, as a result of partnership
working with the Learning and Skills department
at Hydebank Wood, in securing £500,000 over five
years to fund a social enterprise/employability
training project from the Big Lottery Fund. The
partnership project hopes to deliver a range of
business skills to prisoners that assist in promoting
their employability skills making them better
prepared to join the employment market on release,
or enabling them to consider self-employment as a
realistic option in the future.
Six Book Challenge Awards 2012- Hydebank Win
Silver
Hydebank Wood also received a silver award in
recognition of their achievement in supporting
inmates to complete the Reading Agency’s Six Book
Challenge. This is an annual initiative to inspire
people across the UK to improve their literacy
skills and feel more confident about reading. The
programme invites inmates and prisoners to pick six
books and record their reading in a diary to get a
certificate. As a result 47 participants at Hydebank
Wood gained silver awards.
The Children’s Laureate (2011-2013) Julia
Donaldson, visited Magilligan during March 2013
to promote the Big Book Share. This promotes
and encourages fathers to read stories, poems and
library books to their families in conjunction with
child centred visits.
‘Long Road’ play offers prisoners insight to plight
of victims
A play entitled The Long Road was performed
on two occasions this year at Hydebank Wood.
Performed by actors from the Lyric Theatre, the play
gave the inmates an insight into the consequences
and impact upon victims of knife crime. It is
supported by the Thomas Devlin Foundation, the 15
year old schoolboy who died after he was stabbed in
2005 in north Belfast.
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