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leave or training, when they came on to duty I would expect them to readthemselvesinto the relevant recent notes to be up to date.50. Communication between different establishments about behaviour of a particularinmate would take the form of an entry on the prisoner's "flimsy" file and/or themain file. Between different parts of Feltham those documents would also berelevant but so too would verbal updates.51. Full cell searches were carried out every three months and there would be a daily"locks, bolts and bars" search that included checks on fabric. If, for example, apiece of furniture were damaged then attempts would be made to repair it. If itcould not be repaired and was it either a health risk or could become a potentialweapon then that piece of furniture was removed and replaced.52. A violent and/or dangerous prisoner would be lodged in the Segregation Unit.53. It was an essential part of the job for all officers to be aware of any potentialbullying, assaults or intimidation. Each prisoner had a personal officer to whomthey could speak. There are also other outlets independent of prison staff towhom prisoners could express concern e.g. the BOV, the Samaritans, theFriends of Feltham, prison visitors etc.54. All incidents of racism, or perceived racism, amongst both prisoners and staff aretaken seriously. In particular, with regard to prisoners a range of actions wouldbe taken dependent on the particular incident. At one end of the scale this mightbe warning to a prisoner as to his future conduct and, at the other, by charginghim with an offence and carrying out an Adjudication.55. The Prison Service is a national one with the same Rules and proceduresapplying in all prisons. Although there my be some local variation on minormatters I am not aware of one prison being different from another in relation tothe above serious issues.Trainin.q12 -932-
I56. Over the course of my career I have received training in a great many areas,for example control and restraint, food handling/hygiene, general managementcourses, counselling, suicide risk and assessment training. In particular I havereceived race relations training and I recall a one-day course held at Feltham ledby the Race Relations Officer.57. Clearly, the quality of the training has varied somewhat from course to course butoverall I feel that I have received adequate training in a great many areas ofprison operation and that it has been of benefit to me in my job.Record keepinqI58. I have set out above comments on files and sources of information in relation toindividual prisoners and the circumstances in which I would, and in RobertStewart's case did, contribute to these. In my second interview with Mr Buttreference is made to "police one form" and "old page 24". The document called "POLl" was a replacement form and was, in effect, a warning letter covering suchmatters as the possibility of extreme violence, escape risk, sex offender etc.59. I would expect any officer to be aware of the contents of the documentation heldon the wing. This was very straightforward to do. A prisoner's main and/orsecurity file would also always be available in the prison and any officer orgovernor had the opportunity to read this.I60. I regarded the system of using flimsy files as very important. It was my practice,on passing a prisoner to a wing with his 'flimsy' to get a receipt for it to show ithad passed been on. I was aware that sometimes these files were left behind atReception when a prisoner moved on and I made it my practice to collect any ofthose left and keep them in Lapwing in case a prisoner passed through again aswe would then have a record on him. Generally speaking prisoners would have aflimsy that followed them around usually actually travelling with the escortingofficers. Within Feltham I do not think that there was a problem about creating orpassing on flimsy files.13 -933-
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