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Implementing Prison Reform
Beyond McLeish
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Wednesday 17th March 2010
Sheraton Grand Hotel, Edinburgh
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Conference chair:Keynote speakers:- The Rt. Hon. Henry McLeish, Chair, Scottish Prisons Commission
- Brigadier Hugh Monro CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
- Tom Halpin, Chief Executive, Sacro
- Bill Aitken MSP, Justice Spokesperson, Scottish Conservatives
- Richard Baker MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Scottish Labour
- Robert Brown MSP, Justice Spokesperson, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Debbie Ryan, Director of Market Development, Working Links
- David Liddell, Director, Scottish Drugs Forum
- Dr Susan Young, Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, The Institute of Psychiatry
- David Croft OBE, Deputy Director of Prisons, Scottish Prison Service
Also presenting:- Angela Constance MSP, Scottish National Party
- Raymund McQuillan, Head of Criminal Justice in Glasgow & Vice Convenor Criminal Justice Standing Committee, Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW)
- Richard Morris, Managing Director, Electronic Monitoring, G4S
With Scotland’s prison population over capacity and rates of re-offending refusing to go down despite government investment, it is clear that Scotland’s prison system is struggling to accommodate the consistently high number of offenders given custodial sentences. With overcrowded prisons and the ‘revolving door’ of repeat offenders, Scotland’s prison system is failing both to meet either the needs of offenders and society.
Considering the political debate over short sentences and the potential changes proposed in The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill, this event will bring together those for and against the scrapping of short sentences to discuss proposals and to put forward their vision for the future. Addressing community disposals and how they could be better implemented, the problem of long-term substance misuse amongst offenders and offender health profiles; speakers including sentencers and the Scottish prison service will explore the factors behind offending behaviour and positive interventions which are currently in place.
This conference will be a opportunity to hear from the newly appointed Chief Inspector of Prisons, Brigadier Hugh Monro and to hear his priorities going forward. The challenging programme will engage a wide range of partners, practitioners and stakeholders to consider the evidence and debate the future. With Scotland’s prison population currently sitting just below 8,000 and almost two thirds of Scottish prisoners having problems with addiction there remains a real impetus to seek new ways to punish, rehabilitate and treat offenders across Scotland.
This event will bring together key representatives from all Scotland’s major parties to discuss practical changes that need to be made to change the upward trend in prison numbers.
Key questions to be debated:
- How will the proposals made in The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill impact on Scotland’s prison system?
- Since the McLeish Report was published in September 2008, what progress has been made and what impact has there been on prison numbers?
- What does the evidence indicate and what is the political aversion to scrapping short sentences?
- What do Scotland’s sentencers want from changes in legislation?
- What is the role of rehabilitation in community sentencing?
- What long-term treatments and programmes are getting results tackling offending trends?
- How do we challenge the public perception of a ‘soft touch’ criminal justice system?
While we are pulling together the final agenda for this event please register your interest below. Alternatively you can take advantage of our early bird discount by booking your place now.
If you have any questions, please email us or call us on 0131 272 2133 |
Conference development by: Fiona King
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