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Scottish Prison Service • Scottish prisoner population as at Friday 2nd September 2011 • Total in Custody 8,151 Scottish Prison Service – Education Providers Carnegie College Aberdeen, Perth, Polmont, Inverness, Castle Huntly, Peterhead, Edinburgh Motherwell College Glenochil, Cornton Vale, Shotts, Barlinnie, Dumfries, Greenock, Kilmarnock Sodexo Justice Services Addiewell • Carnegie College supports lifelong learning for all, promoting social inclusion and a highly skilled workforce for a competitive Scotland. • They also offer educational services to prisoners whilst they serve their sentences in seven of Her Majesty’s Prisons. • Delivers Programmes across 7 centres in Scotland. • Literacy and Numeracy are a core part of the delivery in all centres. • Main body of the courses are taught in the Learning Centre. • Informal classes also delivered in the halls and have included Art, book discussion groups, debates, visiting speakers, ICT, card making sessions and quizzes. SPS Edinburgh SPS Edinburgh • Edinburgh Prison is classed as a local or community prison and receives prisoners from the courts in Edinburgh and the Lothians and Borders. • The prison holds adult male and under 21 prisoners who are on remand or convicted awaiting sentence, and convicted prisoners serving sentences from non-payment of fines to life. • Since August 2011 a new women's wing was opened housing approximately 100 women. Education Programme SPS Edinburgh • • • • • • • • • • • Maths English Numeracy / Literacy Creative Writing ICT / Computing ESOL Art Music Writer in Residence SQA Qualifications Open University Courses Pre and Post Release Programmes • Enhanced Addiction Casework Service. (EACS) • Phoenix Futures provides the EACS on behalf of the Scottish Prison Service. They are a specialist drug and alcohol treatment provider. • Harm Reduction Sessions • Assessment • Alcohol Group work • Recovery Planning Groups • Naloxone • Stop Smoking • Pre Release / Home leave Group work Pre and Post Release Programmes Constructs • Constructs is a general offending behaviour group work programme for men, designed for use in the community or in the prison setting. • It aims to reduce the likelihood of participants reoffending by changing the way they think and behave. Pre and Post Release Programmes • Violence Prevention Programme (VPP) • This is an intensive programme for offenders who are considered a high risk to re-offend with violence. • It aims to improve the skills of the participants, and reduce the risk of future violence. Pre and Post Release Programmes • Substance Related Offending Behaviour Programme. (SROBP) • The programme is aimed at very high to medium risk offenders. • It targets all substance misuse as long as it is related to their offending behaviour. • It is designed to be continued in the community by outside support groups. Pre and Post Release Programmes • Rolling Stop Programme. • For offenders who have a current or past sex offence conviction • A sexual element to an offence • Behaved in a sexually inappropriate way