PSO 2855 - Inside Time

PSO 2855 Page 2prisoners to participate who might otherwise be considered unable to work.Education and Skills(See PSO 4200 and PSO 4205)6.18 Where appropriate adjustments need to be made and alternative formats provided.Particular attention should be made to ensuring that activities should not exclude prisonerswith a learning disability or difficulty.Physical Education(See PSO 4250)6.19 A health and safety risk assessment needs to be undertaken to allow prisoners toundertake physical education; most prisons already offer an adapted programme wherenecessary.Library(Hyperlink to PSO 6710)6.20 The library service needs to be available to all prisoners. Where the library is physicallyinaccessible, the library service needs to be delivered in an alternative way, for example bya library trolley or alternative delivery service.6.21 Libraries need to provide alternative format books for prisoners with disabilities eg largeprint for visual disabilities and sub-titled, books on tape/CD or sign language interpretedvideos for deaf prisoners.Religion and Beliefs(See PSO 4550)6.22 It is important to take account of prisoners‟ rights to access services of corporate worship,(see HMPS standard on Religion) and where the location of the chapel makes accessdifficult, as is the case in some prisons, Chaplains need to consider holding services ofcorporate worship in different locations. Religious texts, prayer books and hymn booksshould be made available in large print or Braille where possible. The RNIB (see Annex G)should be able to help source accessible formats.Issue No. 295 Issue date 3/04/08