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Prisons: Voluntary Organisations

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which prisons employ a voluntary sector coordinator. (220643)

Prison Service Order 4190 “Strategy for working with the Voluntary and Community Sector” (2002) includes a mandatory action for governors, area managers and head of groups to “give responsibility to a member of their senior management team for oversight of voluntary and community groups as part of their job description”. Although some prisons have a dedicated voluntary sector co-ordinator, this role is usually undertaken part-time by the head of reducing re-offending, head of learning and skills, the diversity manager, a member of chaplaincy or another member of staff depending on the establishment.