Formed 1993 Phone +44 1324 710400 Number of employees 4,000 | Website sps.gov.uk Founded 1993 | |
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Minister responsible Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Justice Executive Agency of the Scottish Government executive Colin McConnell, Chief Executive Address Brightons, Falkirk FK2 0AD, UK Profiles | ||
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The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheis nam Prìosan Albannach) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing prisons and Young Offender Institutions.
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- Scottish prison service searching a transgender prisoner training series
- Scottish prison service transgender prisoner search segment training series
- Key personnel
- List of establishments
- Prisoner escorting
- Secure hospital
- References
The Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, currently Colin McConnell, is responsible for its administration and reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, who is responsible for the Scottish Prison Service within the Scottish Government.
There are fifteen prison establishments in the country, two of which are privately managed. The SPS employs over 4,000 staff, with its headquarters in Calton House, located in South Gyle, Edinburgh.
Scottish prison service transgender prisoner search segment training series
Key personnel
The current Chief Executive is Colin McConnell and supporting him is the SPS Board consisting of:
List of establishments
HMP Addiewell and HMP Kilmarnock are both privately managed under contract to the SPS.
Prisoner escorting
In November 2003 SPS signed a contract on behalf of Scottish Ministers for a "Prisoner Escort and Court Custody Service". This contract with Reliance Custodial Services provides for all prisoner escorting between police cells, court, prisons and hospitals as well as covering escorts from prison such as funerals, hospital appointments and community placements. In 2012, SPS contracted this service out to G4S.
Secure hospital
Some prisoners are detained in a secure psychiatric hospital. This is run by the Scottish National Health Service rather than the SPS.