Shotts Prison

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Shotts Prison
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Background

• Maximum Security Prison
• Situated in countryside south of M8 motorway,
  near Shotts Village
• Long term male adult prisoners
• Purpose Built in 1976
• Includes two facilities National Induction
  Centre Kerr House

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Facilities

• National Induction Centre
• Holds approx. 115 prisoners
• Initial stages of 8 year sentences
• Regime to help prisoners cope with mainstream
  establishments
• Kerr House
• Holds approx. 52 prisoners
• Offers an opportunity in a less regimented regime
• For low supervision prisoners

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Structure

• Unlocking times
• Monday - Friday 0730 - 1700 1800 - 2100
• Saturday Sunday 0800 - 1245 1345 - 1745

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Prison Facilities

• Cell Facilities
• Cooking areas
• Hobby kits
• In-cell power
• Own bedding
• Own Clothing
• Own footwear
• Play station (PS2 or other)
• Television (1 a week for satellite)

• Offers a range of health and sports
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Gym
• Football
• Tennis
• Field sports
• Weights training
• etc

Includes a library, prayer rooms, health care,
education and wages for the employed and learning
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Offence Focused Courses

• CARE - Controlling Anger, Regulating Emotions
• Constructs - Addresses poor problem solving,
  social skills and pro-social attitudes
• SROBT - Substance related Offending Behaviour
  Programme
• Violence Prevention Programme - Intensive
  intervention programme for violent offenders
• SMART - Self-management and recovery programme

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New Stories

• Prison officer fired for allegedly having
  relationships with prisoners March 2010
• Prison Governor accused of man handling prison
  officers September 2010
• Luke Mitchell who murdered his girlfriend is in
  Shotts, refusing to remove his lip ring and
  suffering from severe paranoia November 2010

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HMIP Report

• Stable was the word used by both the Governor
  and the representative of the Prison Officers'
  Association to describe Shotts Prison. It
  describes the relationship between prisoners and
  staff it recognises the safe atmosphere
  throughout the prison, which is remarkable in a
  prison that was once notorious for violence and
  it takes account of the fact that many prisoners
  in Shotts have been there for a long time and
  many will be there for a long time to come.

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Bibliography

• www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3649019.stm
• www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2004/04/19149/350
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• http//www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/n
  ews/2891015/Fling-claim-Shotts-Prison-warder-Karen
  -Feeney-is-sacked.html
• www.sps.gov.uk
• http//www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/20
  10/09/21/prison-governor-accused-of-throwing-priso
  n-officers-union-rep-out-of-his-office-86908-22577
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• http//www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/20
  10/09/21/prison-governor-accused-of-throwing-priso
  n-officers-union-rep-out-of-his-office-86908-22577
  061/