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Eleven Scottish prison service sites use Throughcare. [12] "The TSOs [Throughcare Support Officers] use a case management approach, working collaboratively with the prisoner, their family, statutory and third sector service partners, to discuss appropriate support provision and to develop a personalised plan to support the person during their ...
The Prison Commission was a public body of the Government of the United Kingdom established in 1877 and responsible for the operation of what is now the Scottish Prison Service. It was renamed the Prison Department in 1928, [ 1 ] and was merged with the Scottish Office to become the Scottish Home Department in 1939.
The Scottish Prison Officers' Association (SPOA) was the only official trade union representing operational prison staff in Scotland.. The union was founded in 1971, when the Scottish section of the Prison Officers' Association (POA) decided to split away.
Those who move to non-operational Prison Service duties due to injury can also receive the medal after a total of twenty years service. There is no provision for ribbon clasps to recognise further periods of service. [1] Prison officers with a minimum of 25 years service were previously eligible for the Imperial Service Medal on retirement. [3]
Prison officers of His Majesty's Prison Service, the Scottish Prison Service, and the Northern Ireland Prison Service have the powers, authority, protection, and privileges of a constable when acting as such. [48] Employees of the National Crime Agency can be granted [49] the powers of a constable, immigration officer or customs officer. [50]
Authorisation may be given by an officer of the rank of Superintendent or above for up to 24 hours for a particular area. A constable in uniform may stop pedestrians or vehicles and search persons. Section 21 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995
A criminal justice police custody and security officer (CJPCSO), formerly known as a turnkey, is a uniformed non-warranted officer of Police Scotland who upholds current vetted employment with Scottish Police Authority and works in a police station within a police custody suite.
His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland was created following a Committee of Inquiry into the prison system in the United Kingdom, whose report was published in 1979. One of the recommendations of its report was the creation of a new type of Prisons' Inspectorate, independent of the Prison Service.