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Haverigg

Location: Cumbria
Date of visit: 24 July 2018
Visit number: 33
Prison type: Category C
Capacity: 622
Opened: 1967
Operator: HMPS

PRISONERS

The prisoners said the staff were ‘great’, described staff-prisoner relationships as ‘very good’, and said they felt ‘safe’. They valued the Prisoner Council, and said the wing reps and monthly meeting with the Governor and other senior managers ‘really worked’. They called time out of cell ‘very good’, and described family day visits as ‘fantastic’. They said the reception and induction of new prisoners was ‘excellent’. They also rated Learning Together, where prisoners study alongside local students, and singled out the Kainos ‘Challenge to Change’ programme (see managers comments) as ‘really good’.

OFFICERS

The Officers agreed staff-prisoner relationships were good, and thought the prison ‘generally safe’, and said staff took ‘a de-escalating role’ to potential conflict. They said staff supported each other very well (including SO and CM support for frontline staff). New staff were described as ‘excellent’. They agreed with the prisoners’ high rating for visits, and called the prison’s weekly Park Run, with 30-40 prisoners, staff and outside runners, which Haverigg pioneered, ‘really good’.

MANAGERS

Managers praised committed, ‘very caring’ staff, and ‘excellent’ staff-staff relations, reflected ‘in the way the regime kept going’ despite staff shortages. They rated staff development & training, including monthly training days. They said the ‘approachable’ No. 1 encouraged innovation and creativity. The ‘outstanding’ staff-prisoner relations ‘were often remarked upon’, including in inspection reports. They praised staff allotments and outside staff gym facilities. They also rated the Prisoner Council, farms & industries, vocational training, and a ‘fantastic’ library, also used by staff, offering prisoners driving theory tests and, ‘uniquely’, a dedicated seg section. They also rated Learning Together, the 6-month Kainos programme, and the Park Run.

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Simon Shepherd has been Director of the Butler Trust since 2008 and has worked in and around prisons for the last three decades.

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