James King: Spotlight on a special service: Prison Libraries

JAMES KING

HEAD OF OFFENDER LEARNING

CILIPS CONFERENCE, DUNDEE

JUNE 2015

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Our Vision:

Helping to build a safer Scotland - Unlocking Potential - Transforming Lives

OUR MISSION:

Providing services that help to transform the lives of people in our care so they can fulfil their potential and become responsible citizens.

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We deliver this through:

Custody : Managing safe and secure custodial environments Order : Providing stability and order that helps offenders to transform their lives Care : Supporting wellbeing and treating with respect and humanity all in our care Opportunity : Providing opportunities which develop the potential of our staff, our partnerships and the people in our care

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“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty…………..Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.”

Kofi Annan 1996

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Award Winning Prison Magazine, HMP Shotts, near Glasgow

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PRISON LIBRARIES:

What did we find?

• LOCATION AND ACCESS• INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT• ACCESS TO INFORMATION• WELCOME, FRIENDLY AND

ATTENTIVE• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT• STOCK• SERVICES AND SERVICES

PLANNING

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HMP Grampian: Setting the standard

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HMP Perth: Behind the Lines, community links

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HMP Perth

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HMP Barlinnie, Glasgow is Scotland’s largest prison holding around 1,400 prisoners.

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HMP Barlinnie: Key links with the Mitchell

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HMP & YOI CORNTON VALE

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HMP & YOI CORNTON VALE

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Scots Language Projects

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” William Butler Yeats

“Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences”

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Thank you