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WQ.383/2023
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS BY DEPUTY C.S. ALVES OF ST. HELIER CENTRAL
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 9th OCTOBER 2023
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 16th OCTOBER 2023
Question
“Will the Minister provide an outline of the rehabilitation programs and wellbeing support that is currently available for inmates of H.M. Prison La Moye; and will she provide details on how the success of these programs and support is measured?”
Answer
The prison is currently following the existing model of sentence planning at the beginning of sentence with a civilian member of staff coordinating this with prisoners and probation, and a unformed member of staff.
However, there are plans in place for the reallocation of a full time Senior Officer resource to coordinate resettlement work through prison officers in the ‘personal officer scheme’ starting in December.
As part of this, we have reallocated existing resource to provide two full time prison officers to lead on this and recruited two trainee intervention facilitators- all of whom are booked to undertake accredited intervention training programs in the United Kingdom and will be in a position to deliver group work interventions in conjunction with the Probation Service. All accredited programs have a robust assurance framework which the Forensic Psychologist is responsible for as program lead.
In the meantime, we have a Chartered Forensic Psychologist doing 1-2-1 interventions to address forensic risk, and this is coordinated with probation managers. There are two probation officers based in the prison for part of the week providing risk-based work and interventions.
The prison follows the 7 pathways model (Drugs and Alcohol, Attitudes thinking and behaviour, Finance benefit and Debt, Accommodation, Employment training and education, Children and Family, Mental and Physical health) and has been working very closely with probation services and other Government departments to align interventions in this model, each pathway has prisoners employed in developing and continuously improving practice and outcomes in this area.
The prison has been working to explore an ‘outcomes based accountability’ approach, to ensure the measures are effective in driving continuous improvement. The prison is anticipating a full external inspection in Autum 2024 to check against the HMIP framework of 100 expectations of outcomes for prisoners, and will be conducting a full self-audit later this month, in preparation for this.