December 2014
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This seminar focused on the future of prisons policy in England and Wales, at a time of significant reform and restructure to the prison estate. The discussion considered the ongoing implementation of Government's Prison Modernisation Programme - which seeks to reduce the cost of prisons to taxpayers by more than £500m within the current spending review period - and as policymakers took forward the Transforming Rehabilitation Programme, bringing about wide-ranging changes to rehabilitation services in England and Wales. Discussion was also informed by the Justice Committee's ongoing Prisons: planning and policies inquiry.
It brought together policymakers with stakeholders working across the prison estate and wider offender management services - including service and outsourcing providers, charities, employers, training providers, lawyers and health practitioners. Delegates had particular opportunity to discuss latest initiatives to achieve efficiencies and incorporate competition into service provision, as well as how the new-for-old prison capacity programme is impacting on modernisation and standards. Sessions also focused on how an evolving prison estate can support Government's wider aims for rehabilitation, looking at the new network of resettlement prisons, access to education and training within custody, and progress made towards "working prisons".
