Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 47485

Custodial Treatment: Standards

Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has issued guidance for prison governors to ensure offenders receive first-night well-being checks upon arrival onto the secure estate.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
All prisons in England and Wales are guided by Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 07/2015 – ‘Early Days in Custody – Reception in, First Night in Custody and Induction to Custody’. This policy sets out the mandatory requirements for prisons in relation to t...

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