New Inquiry: Prisons: Planning And Policies The Justice Committee has launched an inquiry entitled Prisons: planning and policies. The Committee has examined aspects of prison policy during its inquiries on youth justice, women offenders and older prisoners, but this will be its first major inquiry on prison planning and policies in this Parliament, and an opportunity to consider in detail the current Governments programme of reforms and efficiency savings. The inquiry will consider in particular: - The Governments approach to achieving efficiencies across the prison estate, including the public sector benchmarking programme and the use of competition; - The impact of lower operational costs on prison regimes, access to education, training and other purposeful activity, the physical environment, safety and security; - The costs and benefits of the new-for-old prison capacity programme and the Governments intent to reduce overcrowding; - The ongoing re-configuration of the prison estate, including the extent to which prisons are suitably located and accessible to visitors, and the implications of the Transforming Rehabilitation programme; - The nature of support that public sector prisons require from NOMS and its capacity to deliver it; and - The extent to which the Governments aspiration for working prisons has been achieved. The inquiry will not consider the circumstances in which offenders should be sentenced to custody. The relationship between sentencing, prison policy and crime reduction has been considered by the Committee in other contexts, including in its current inquiry into Crime reduction: a coordinated approach? parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/justice-committee/news/new-inquiry-crown-dependencies/ The Committee invites written submissions on these issues by noon on Friday 28 March 2014. As part of a scheme to encourage paperless working and maximise efficiency there now is a new web portal for online submissions of written evidence. Written submissions for this inquiry should therefore be sent via: Submit written evidence parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/justice-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/prisons-planning-and-policies/committee-submit-evidence/ The personal information you supply will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purposes of attributing the evidence you submit and contacting you as necessary in connection with its processing. The Clerk of the House of Commons is the data controller for the purposes of the Act. We may also ask you to comment on the process of submitting evidence via the web portal so that we can look to make improvements. If you have any queries or concerns about the collection and use of this information or do not wish your details to be used for the purpose of collecting feedback, please advise the Committee at [email protected] providing your full name, address, and if relevant your organisation. Each submission should: a) be no more than 3,000 words in length b) be in Word format with as little use of colour or logos as possible c) have numbered paragraphs d) include a declaration of interests. If you need to send a paper copy please send it to: The Clerk Justice Committee House of Commons 7 Millbank London SW1P 3JA Please note that: Material already published elsewhere should not form the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within a proposed memorandum, in which case a hard copy of the published work should be included. Memoranda submitted must be kept confidential until published by the Committee, unless publication by the person or organisation submitting it is specifically authorised. Once submitted, evidence is the property of the Committee. The Committee normally, though not always, chooses to make public the written evidence it receives, by publishing it on the internet (where it will be searchable), by printing it or by making it available through the Parliamentary Archives. If there is any information you believe to be sensitive you should highlight it and explain what harm you believe would result from its disclosure. The Committee will take this into account in deciding whether to publish or further disclose the evidence. More information on submitting evidence to Select Committees may be found on the parliamentary website at: parliament.uk/get-involved/have-your-say/take-part-in-committee-inquiries/witness/ Please be aware that the justice committee is unable to investigate individual cases. Further information: Committee Membership is as follows: Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith (Liberal Democrat, Berwick-upon-Tweed) (Chair); Steve Brine (Conservative, Winchester); Rehman Chishti (Conservative, Gillingham and Rainham); Christopher Chope (Conservative, Christchurch); Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North); Nick de Bois (Conservative, Enfield North); Gareth Johnson (Conservative, Dartford); Rt Hon Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru, Dwyfor Meirionnydd); Andy McDonald (Labour, Middlesbrough); Seema Malhotra (Labour/Co-operative, Feltham and Heston); Yasmin Qureshi (Labour, Bolton South East); Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton). Specific Committee Information: [email protected]/ 020 7219 8196/8198 Media Information: Nick Davies [email protected]/ 020 7219 3297 Committee Website: parliament.uk/justicecttee Watch committees and parliamentary debates online: parliamentlive.tv Publications / Reports / Reference Material: Copies of all select committee reports are available from the Parliamentary Bookshop (12 Bridge St, Westminster, 020 7219 3890) or the Stationery Office (0845 7023474). Committee reports, press releases, evidence transcripts, Bills; research papers, a directory of MPs, plus Hansard (from 8am daily) and much more, can be found on parliament.uk
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