States of Jersey Prison Service: H.M. Prison La Moye – Annual Report 2017

STATES OF JERSEY PRISON SERVICE H.M. PRISON LA MOYE

ANNUAL REPORT 2017

Presented to the States on 15th June 2018 by the Minister for Home Affairs

R.75/2018

1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 3
2. MISSION STATEMENT ........................................................................ 4
3. PRIMARY AIMS ................................................................................... 4
4. STATISTICS ......................................................................................... 5

1. Breakdown of Prisoner Accommodation ............................................... 5
2. Total population during 2017 ................................................................ 5
3. Discipline .............................................................................................. 7
4. Conditional Early Release .................................................................... 7
5. Staff in Post .......................................................................................... 7

5. Financial Report for 2017 ..................................................................... 8
6. Learning and Skills Department............................................................ 8

1. Staffing ................................................................................................. 8
2. Changes and events in 2017 ................................................................ 9
3. Learning opportunities .......................................................................... 9
4. Learning and Skills taught hours ........................................................ 11
5. Examination Results for 2017 ............................................................. 11
6. Work based learning ........................................................................... 11
7. Employment........................................................................................ 11
8. Staff development............................................................................... 11

7. Staff Training and Development ......................................................... 12

1. Staff Training Hours ............................................................................ 12
2. Further information ............................................................................. 13

8. Healthcare .......................................................................................... 13

1. Complaints.......................................................................................... 13
2. Detox .................................................................................................. 13
3. Healthcare Clinics............................................................................... 14
4. Vaccinations ....................................................................................... 15
5. Smoke Cessation ............................................................................... 15

9. Sentence Management and Community Reintegration ...................... 15

1. Psychology Interventions and Programmes ....................................... 15
2. Risk Assessment and Management ................................................... 16
3. Offending Behaviour Programmes ..................................................... 16

5. Other Psychology Activities ................................................................ 17
6. Resettlement ...................................................................................... 17
7. Sentence management targets ........................................................... 17
8. The Market-place ................................................................................ 18

10. Safer Custody ..................................................................................... 19

1. Assaults or Violent Incidents .............................................................. 19
2. Self-Harm ........................................................................................... 19

11. Chaplaincy .......................................................................................... 20 ANNEX A ...................................................................................................... 21 ANNEX B ...................................................................................................... 22 ANNEX C ...................................................................................................... 23 ANNEX D ...................................................................................................... 24

1. INTRODUCTION

I am pleased to report on the performance of the Jersey Prison Service during 2017.

Prisoner numbers remained low throughout the year and down on the previous year, with the daily average decreasing from 140 to 136 and peaking at 144 in comparison with 157 in 2016.

No juveniles were admitted to La Moye in 2017 and the number of young offenders (aged 18–20) was low, with 10 admissions on remand and only 2 convicted.

The Prison was inspected by HMCIP for England and Wales in September and we received what the Chief Inspector described as "a good report on a good prison". In HMCIP's Annual Report for 2016/17 (1st April 2016 - 31st March 2017), 31 closed prisons were inspected and none of them received the highest level of assessment in regard to aspects of the prison regime brigaded under Respect' and only 2 prisons (both of which are C category prisons dedicated  to  working  with  sex  offenders)  received  the  highest  level  of  assessment  for Safety'. La Moye received the highest level of assessment in both these areas.

Although we recorded an increase in prisoner on prisoner assaults, none were serious and levels of violence in La Moye continued to be very low.

Our drive for efficiency and success in this regard is once again evidenced by the fact that our net expenditure for 2017 was less than it was in 2010.

The Prison Service continued to benefit from excellent partnership working arrangements with the States of Jersey Police, the Honorary Police, Customs and Immigration department and the Probation and After-Care Service. We also continued to benefit from incredible support from a number of voluntary groups including the Samaritans and the Freedom for Life, Cornerstone and Elim Rock Ministries.

In conclusion, I am delighted to report on another excellent performance by the Jersey Prison Service and I take this opportunity to thank the staff at the Prison for their commitment and support during 2017.

Bill Millar Governor

2. MISSION STATEMENT

• H M Prison La Moye will provide a healthy, safe, secure and stimulating environment for all who live and work here. Prisoners will be encouraged to address their offending behaviour and to become involved in education and work related training, which will enable them to live a law-abiding and purposeful life in custody and after release.
• Supportive relationships with families will be facilitated in order to maintain the positive links that will ensure a successful return to the community. In partnership with other agencies, the Prison will provide effective ways to reduce crime and its resultant social and economic costs.
• Our aim is to be a model of best practice and an exemplar for other prisons.

3. PRIMARY AIMS

• Protection of the public by keeping in custody those persons committed to us by the Courts in a safe, decent and healthy environment.
• Reduce re-offending by providing constructive regimes, which address offending behaviour and which improve educational and work skills.
• Supporting offenders' positive relationships with their families in order to assist their successful return to the community.

4. STATISTICS

1. Breakdown of Prisoner Accommodation

*a restricted number of cells designated for use in G Wing  

2. Total population during 2017

4.2.1.

4.2.2

3. Discipline

1. 164  misconduct reports  were  submitted  during  the  year  for contravening  Prison Rules. 150 were committed by 62 male prisoners and 14 by 4 female prisoners.
2. The highest number of misconduct reports committed by one individual was 22 by a male prisoner and 7 by one female prisoner.
3. The longest period of cellular confinement awarded was 14 days.
4. A breakdown of the punishments awarded during 2017 is attached at Annex A.

4. Conditional Early Release

4.4.1.  A total of 19 prisoners were granted release on CER during the year, 15 males and 4 females. 2 males were recalled to prison for breaching licence conditions.

5. Staff in Post

4.5.1.  On 31st December, 2017 the Prison's approved staff complement was as follows:

Approved  In post Governor  1  1 Deputy Governor  1  1 Senior Unit Manager  1  1 Unit Manager  4  4 Senior Officers  12  12 Catering Officer (including a manager)  6   6 Prison Officer (Residential)  51  48 Prison Officer (Operations)  34   32

Nurse Officer (including a manager)   6   5 Engineer Officer (including a manager)  5  5 Civil Servants  24*  23* Vocational Training Instructors  10  10 Physical Training Instructors (including a   4_   4_ manager)

TOTAL  159  152 *rounded up to whole full-time equivalents

5. Financial Report for 2017 5.1.

2. Net revenue expenditure for HM Prison was just over £10.45 million, of which just over £8.38 million (80.2%) related to staff costs.
3. The cost of prisoners' food was an average of £4.82 per day.

6. Learning and Skills Department

1. Staffing

6.1.1  At the end of 2017 the Learning and Skills Department consisted of the following sections, managed by the Head of Learning and Skills:

General Education

Construction training  

Horticultural training  Catering training

Head of Learning and Skills  

Education Manager

4 qualified teachers  

1 librarian/administrative assistant

1 part time teacher for ICT

1 part time teacher for ESOL

1 Vocational Training and Workshop Manager 5 Vocational Instructors covering brickwork, carpentry x2, painting and decorating, industrial cleaning

1 Horticulture Manager

3 Horticultural Instructors

1 Catering Manager

5 Catering Instructors Physical Education Department 1 PE Manager

3 PE Officer Instructors

2. Changes and events in 2017

1. September 2017 saw the retirement of La Moye's Head of Learning and Skills after ten years of service to the prison. His contribution the development of the prison regime over that period was hugely significant and commendable.
2. In March the annual Inside Out Art Exhibition was held at the Harbour Gallery. It was opened by Jersey's Lieutenant Governor, Sir Stephen Dalton. Once again, there was a wide range of work at various levels on display and the public response to the exhibition was extremely positive.
3. In August, Oddsocks Theatre Company, funded by Jersey Arts Centre, made their annual visit to the prison, running two very successful workshops. This generated more interest in drama and two groups of prisoners entered into the annual Jersey Eisteddfod Autumn Festival of the Performing Arts drama section. Both groups achieved Gold Certificates from the independent adjudicator and one of them won the ACT Pot' which is awarded for the best performance by adults of an unpublished script.
4. In June, Jersey Arts Centre delivered creative writing workshops with authors Adrienne Dines and Barbara Large MBE. Times journalist and best-selling Author Rachel Kelly visited the prison at the beginning of October as part of Jersey Festival of Words. She gave a talk to prisoners based on two of her books on practical steps for dealing with depression, which included the latest scientific research around eating well and taking exercise. Alexa Radcliffe- Hart also visited the prison as part of Jersey Festival of Words. She provided creative writing workshops to K and J wing which were well received. Both these workshops were funded by the Jersey Literary Festival Association in preparation for the prisoners to produce an anthology of poems, short stories and art in 2018.
5. Continuing with the theme of creativity, in November, seven prisoners received highly commended certificates from the Koestler Award for the Arts. Two were for poems and the remainder were for a group drama performance.
6. During 2017, External Verifier reports from City and Guilds, Scott ish Qualifications Authority, British Computer Service, Ascentis (Open College Network), British Industrial Cleaning Society and Highlands College have all been very positive. This enables all of the prison's exam board courses to be OfQual accredited.

3. Learning opportunities

1. A core curriculum was accessible to all prisoners. This consisted of a minimum of:

• 1 Functional Skills lesson per week
• 1 ESOL lesson per week (for those that do not have English as a first language)
• 1 ICT lesson per week
• Additional ICT lessons linked to ECDL training
• 1 Open Learning tutorial per week for those on programmes
• 1 Art lesson per week
• 1 library session per week, plus one other for those engaged in learning programmes

• A programme, offered in rotation, of Level 1 and 2 vocational training in painting, carpentry and brickwork; each of the courses are full-time and 6 weeks duration. Industrial Cleaning Training for all prisoners employed as cleaners in La Moye.
• Enhanced prisoners receive 4 recreational, Fitness Centre sessions per week and 3 recreational, Sports Hall sessions per week; standard prisoners receive 3 and 2 sessions respectively.
• A fitness referral programme linked with Health Care – those placed on this are not able to access main stream PE activities but receive 3 fitness and 1 general sports session.
• A programme, offered in rotation, of accredited sports courses in a variety of disciplines, some using Community Sports Development Officers, others linked to gaining industry standard vocational training qualifications.
• An arts exploration course is offered to a targeted group of prisoners; this has a specific therapeutic element that links in with the work of the psychology department.

2. Teaching the functional skills of literacy, numeracy and ICT was the main priority. All new prisoners received an induction interview within the first week of entering the Prison. These interviews link into the sentence planning process. All prisoners embarking on learning and skills programmes must complete the Basic and Key Skill Builder (BKSB) assessment. The outcome of these assessments determines the level of support provided by the department to the individual during the course.
3. The library facility is accessible twice a week to all wings on a fixed timetable; in 2017 there were 3009 visits from prisoners to the library and 4119 books were borrowed.
4. The Learning and Skills Department maintained accreditation with several examination boards, allowing the prison to administer and invigilate a wide range of public examinations and to deliver OfQual accredited qualifications. Accreditation is in place for:

• Scott ish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
• Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ) Sports Leaders Awards
• Junior Football Leaders Awards (JFL
• English Basketball Association Awards (EBA)
• Ascentis (Open College Network)
• the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
• British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICS)
• Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR)  
• Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA), University of Cambridge ESOL.

5. Approximately 15% of the prisoner population were engaged in open learning. This is considered to be a high percentage by general UK standards, according to the Prisoners' Education Trust, which is a UK charity that provides funding for Open Learning  courses throughout  UK  prisons.  After  six  years  of  study,  one  prisoner gained an upper second class degree in Philosophy and Psychological studies and another four were working on Open University degree courses. All received over 85% in their initial assignments which equates to a solid "first" at degree level.
6. Provision for the female prisoners was increased in 2017. In addition to the regular timetable offering of Functional Skills, Open Learning, ICT and Art, prisoners were offered lessons in Music, Dance and Stretch, Sewing Crafts and Cookery (delivered by the prison Catering Team).

4. Learning and Skills taught hours

6.4.1  Annex B provides a breakdown of the teaching hours for educational and vocational training courses.

5. Examination Results for 2017

6.5.1  Annex C shows assessments completed by the prisoner population at the end year point.

6. Work based learning

1. Opportunities for prisoners to gain work based learning during the year included:

• Scott ish Vocational Qualification in Catering at Level 1 and Level 2
• City and Guilds craft courses in carpentry, with additional opportunities for learning machining skills
• City and Guilds Level 1 and 2 in horticulture
• British Institute of Cleaning Courses
• Gym Instructor Level 2 and Personal Trainer Level 3

2. All prisoners working in the kitchen completed the 3 mandatory units of the SVQ. These units are: Food Safety and Hygiene; Health and Safety; and Team Working.

7. Employment

1. The carpentry workshop produced a range of garden furniture products, sold mainly to other States Departments, Parishes and schools but also the general public. This unit also supported a number of community projects. All sales were under Genuine Jersey logo.
2. The production for sale in 2017 from the horticultural unit included a wide range of bedding plants and shrubs, herbs and vegetables and the ever popular poinsettias and cyclamen for the Christmas market.
3. Working in partnership with the Environment Department a high number of bird boxes, bat boxes and hedgehog boxes were produced from recycled pallet boards. They were distributed at no cost to the community through the Environment Department and directly from the prison.

8. Staff development

6.8.1  Learning & Skills staff are being provided with training once a month throughout the year. The training covers a variety of subjects and is an opportunity to refresh our knowledge and share good practice. Sessions have been delivered by a range of staff from within the department, enabling sharing of good practice. They have also provided training for uniformed staff in Preferred Learning Styles and Special Educational Needs.

142 members of staff have completed the training.

7. Staff Training and Development

1. Staff Training Hours

7.1.1.

With reference to the above training hours, during 2017 we delivered Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) to 7 new officers, which accounted for approximately 2331 hours.

A total of 3875hrs of training for existing staff in 2017 comparable to 3527hrs in 2016.

7.1.2  The training covered:

• Control and Restraint (Basic & Personal protection)
• First Aid & AED (Uniformed staff, Healthcare & senior officer)
• Adult & Child Safeguarding awareness
• Vocational Qualification in Custodial Care - Assessor & Candidate (SVQ)
• Diversity
• PPIMS training
• Core operational skills training (security, internal concealment cell (drugloo), gate, Heartbeat monitor and TUG)
• Staff Fitness testing
• Health & Safety (incl. Manual Handling)
• C&R instructor training (UK)
• Fire training (Basic)
• Working at height, MEWP & Forklift training provided
• Security training (UK)
• Psychology training
• Suicide & Self Harm Awareness
• Chaplaincy
• SEN Education awareness.

2. Further information

• All Control & Restraint Instructors completed their revalidation training in the UK.
• Gym, healthcare and uniformed staff have completed First Aid & Defib training.
• Fire Hood Equipment training for trainers delivered at the end of the year ready to roll out to all staff in 2018.

8. Healthcare

1. Complaints

1. Five formal complaints related to health care were recorded in 2017; 2 in regard to the waiting time for dental treatment, 1 about access to smoke cessation support, 1 about  treatment  following  an  injury  (sports  related)  and  1  about  a  missed appointment.
   2. Detox

1. The  number  of  detoxes  for  substance  abuse  is  divided  into  4  main  categories: alcohol, opiates, benzodiazepines and the majority of poly drug abusers require a combination detoxification for both opiates and benzodiazepines.
2. The breakdown of detoxes in 2017 was as follows:

Alcohol and Drug Detoxification Programmes

40 36 Opiate Only 35

Benzo Only 30

25 21 Alcohol

20

Opiate/ Benzo 15 Combined

10 10 9 8 6 Subutex

5

Methadone

0

3. Healthcare Clinics

1. Number of prisoner consultations with GP

GP Clinics

1200 1125 1002 1065

923

1000

800

600

400

200 0

2014 2015 2016 2017

2. Psychiatric Appointments

160 140 120

100 80 60 40 20 0

2014 2015 2016 2017

3. Dental Appointments

500 439 439 422

400

300 Clinics

200 152 Dental appointments 100 50 52 52 35

0

2014 2015 2016 2017*

*A new dental provider was appointed in March 2017 and the average appointment time per patient has risen from 12 minutes to 1 hour, resulting a significant reduction in the number of appointments.

4. Phlebotomy Tests

373

400 350 300 250 200

Total blood test

days

150 100 50 0

Total Patient BT's

2015 2016 2017

5. Chlamydia Tests

23 prisoners were tested for Chlamydia in 2016.

Test Offered - 23

24 & Under - 6  25's & over - 17

4. Vaccinations

1. 32 prisoners had Hepatitis B vaccinations, 9 were treated for Hepatitis C, 1 prisoner commenced on HIV treatment and 2 others were maintained on this treatment.
2. 26 prisoners requested and were administered the seasonal flu vaccination.

5. Smoke Cessation

8.5.1  Help 2 Quit attended the prison and completed one smoke cessation programme with 10 prisoners. This consisted of one hour session each week for the duration of eight weeks.

9. Sentence Management and Community Reintegration

1. Psychology Interventions and Programmes

1. New  prisoner  admissions  are  asked  to  participate  in  an  induction  programme designed to inform them about support services available and to identify individual needs for psychological interventions and/or offending behaviour programmes. The information gathered through induction informs the sentence management plan and also the resettlement plan. The Psychological Assistants carried out 175 prisoner inductions during 2017.
   2. In 2017, 430 one-to-one interventions were provided by the psychology team.

Figure 1 shows the number of prisoners engaging in one-to-one interventions each month.

35 29 31

30 27 26 24 25 22 20 22

20 18 18 18 16 15

10 5 0

Figure 1

9.1.3.  The range of offending behaviour addressed and number of sessions is described below:

• Initial/needs assessment  98
• Violence  92
• Sexual  103
• Domestic violence  65
• Driving  1
• Drugs  62
• Relapse prevention  7
• Anti-bullying  3
• Acquisitive behaviour  6

2. Risk Assessment and Management

1. During 2016, 19 risk assessments for temporary release reports were prepared to inform decisions made by the Conditional Early Release (CER) Panel.  
   2. The Forensic Psychologists in Training attended a range of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency meetings to contribute to the assessment and management of risk. The number of meetings attended in 2017 is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2

3. Offending Behaviour Programmes

1. Following thorough suitability assessments based on risk, need and responsivity factors, the Thinking Skills Programme (TSP) was delivered to two groups, with 13 prisoners completing the programme.
   2. One  Addressing  Substance-Related  Offending  –  Secure  (ASRO-S)  course  was delivered with 6 prisoners completing.
   3. One Build Better Relationships (BBR2) commenced for 6 prisoners from a mixture of wings but the group did not complete the programme.

3. A total of 25 prisoners engaged in accredited offending behaviour programmes in 2017. Of these, 19 prisoners completed programmes.
4. 6 prisoners completed the non-accredited Alcohol Study Group.

4. Substance Misuse Interventions

9.4.1.  The  Substance  Misuse  Therapist  responsible  for  drug  and  alcohol  interventions delivered 76 clinics and delivered 312 individual sessions to prisoners.

5. Other Psychology Activities

1. The Forensic Psychologists in Training and the Interventions Team delivered training to prison staff which included, Interpersonal Skills Training and raising awareness about:

• interpersonal skills
• domestic abuse
• self-harm, suicide and bullying

2. Educational sessions were also delivered to students from the Jersey College for Girls and Hautlieu.

6. Resettlement

1. During 2017 a total of 188 sentence plans were completed for convicted prisoners, a breakdown of which is shown in Figure 3. The Resettlement Plans relate to prisoners serving  a  sentence  under  6  months  where  there is  insufficient  time  to  conduct reviews before discharge. A total of 33 Resettlement Plans were formed.  

Figure 3

2. All eligible prisoners engaged with sentence planning during 2017.

7. Sentence management targets

1. Figure 4 shows the number of sentence management targets set for completion within 2017.

Figure 4

* Some targets weren't met due to:

• Prisoners failing to complete an objective
• The Prison being unable to facilitate a particular intervention
• Some targets set for completion post-release.

N.B. It should be noted that sentence planning targets are set to be completed during a prisoner's term in custody and this will usually be spread over several years. Consequently, some targets are unlikely to be fully met during a single year.

2. Figure 5 shows the intended accommodation for prisoners released during

2017.

8. The Market-place

1. This event is held every two months and the purpose of the Market-place is to give prisoners access to external "resettlement" agencies towards the end of the prison sentence in order to assist them in finding accommodation or employment and/or to give general welfare advice. This information is then incorporated into their sentence planning documents.
2. The following external agencies attended the Market Place during 2017:

• Workwise, Income Support, the Grace Trust, the Shelter Trust, Citizens Advice Bureau, Community Banking, Freedom for Life Ministries and the Sanctuary Trust.

3. The number of agencies and prisoners attending each event and the number of individual appointments attended is shown in Figure 6 below.

Figure 6

10. Safer Custody

1. Assaults or Violent Incidents

1. 170 reports were submitted to the Safer Custody Officer during the year. 14 of these were Bullying Information Reports and 11 anti-bulling investigations were carried out.
2. The number of assaults reported was as follows:

2. Self-Harm

1. 52 referrals were made to the Safer Custody Officer relating to the risk of self-harm. The causes are described below in Figure 7.

RCA breakdown 2017

20 15 10 5 0

First time in RAF Mental health Precautionary Self harm Attempted Actual self prison concerns issues suicide harm

Figure 7

2. 16 precautionary watches were opened, as described below in Fig 7.

9 Precautionary Watches 8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Low in mood Nature of offence Past history in HMP Concerns from staff

Figure 7

11. Chaplaincy

11.1  The chaplaincy team had an objective to meet with every new admission to the Prison and also with each prisoner before they are liberated. The table below records a very high level of success in this regard and also the frequency of visits to each accommodation wing in the Prison.

Punishment Awards

Core education programmes Individual hours taught  

Vocational training programmes

Individual hours taught

Total hours taught and accredited certificates awarded in Learning and Skills

Other Purposeful Activity Individual hours

Education and Training courses completed in 2017 (OfQual accredited)

Other Courses Completed in 2017

ANNEX D

Performance Comparisons

Positive Drug Tests

Her Majesty's Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) 2016-17 Mandatory Random Drug Tests (5-10% of the population each month) Positive results averaged 9.3% across all prisons.

La Moye Positive Tests in 2017

Voluntary Random Drug Tests (20% of the population each month) – 2.4% positive results.  

Accredited Behaviour Change Programmes

HMPPS had 6960 successful programme completions in 2016/17 with an average population of around 85000 prisoners. Approximately one programme to 12 prisoners.

.

La Moye had 19 successful completions in 2017. Approximately one programme to 7 prisoners.

Deaths in Custody

HMPPS reported that in 2016/17 there had been 113 self-inflicted deaths La Moye had no deaths in custody.

Assaults

HMCIP 2016/17 Annual Report reports over 26000 assaults in England & Wales, of which 6844 were on staff. That is an average of 220 per prison or approximately 1 to every 4 prisoners.

La Moye had 14 prisoner on prisoner assaults in 2017 (none serious) or one to every 10 prisoners.

Escapes

HMPPS reported 7 escapes in 2016/17. La Moye had no escapes.