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

2012-2013
Re-circulate warm air
Warm air naturally rises. To reduce the heat load
needed within the new buildings low energy
destratification fans have been installed at high level
to push warm air back to lower levels, reducing the
overall need for heat energy.
Magilligan, H2 – Older Prisoner Unit
A range of improvements have been made to this
H-block in response to disability access surveys
undertaken during 2012. The block houses a more
elderly population and the existing ablution areas
have been refurbished by the creation of a wet room
with new showers, larger WC cubicles, and new
sanitary ware, including associated hand and grab
rails.
Magilligan, 800 bed prison - Redevelopment
A re-evaluation of the options to replace the
existing temporary structures at the site (some
of which date from a time when it was used as a
prisoner of war camp during World War II) with a
modern 600 cell prison was completed during the
year to inform the Ministers decision on the future
of the site. Following the announcement by the
Minister that Magilligan will be retained, work will
now progress on the development of a fully costed
business case for consideration.
Social and Community Policy and Performance
In working towards its purpose of protecting the
public by reducing the risk of re-offending, the
Prison Service places considerable emphasis on
its civic role and its position in the wider criminal
justice system. As such, NIPS works to promote
wider understanding and contribute to greater
confidence in the criminal justice system.
NIPS are continuing to implement the
recommendations published in the PRT report in
October 2011. In order to create a safer society,
NIPS in collaboration with others, are working to
engage with prisoners to encourage desistence from
crime, and support rehabilitation.
Looking Forward
Looking forward, the 2013-14 business year is the
third of the four year plan mapped out in the NIPS’
2011-15 Corporate Plan. In terms of strategic
direction, NIPS’ focus throughout 2013-14 will be
on delivering cultural change.
NIPS will continue to embrace the programme
of end-to-end reform as set out in the
recommendations of the PRT report. Significant
progress has been made to date in the
implementation of these recommendations, and
NIPS looks forward to embedding these successes in
the coming year.
Our plans for the year ahead continue to be
informed by the Executive’s overarching priorities in
the Programme for Government (PfG), as well as by
the aforementioned recommendations made by the
PRT.
The PRT report emphasised that responsibility
for reform of the Prison Service extended beyond
NIPS and the DOJ, with one recommendation on
the development of a Safer Society Strategy being
directed at the Executive as a whole, and a number
of recommendations relating to prisoner healthcare
falling largely to the DHSSPS. In the year ahead NIPS
will continue to work closely with DOJ and other
partners in implementing those cross-cutting PRT
recommendations, as well as taking forward delivery
of those recommendations which were directed
specifically at NIPS.
In order to achieve our stated aim of delivering
cultural change, NIPS has identified 13 targets and
29 actions for 2013-14. These are summarised in
the table overleaf.
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