Consultation on the Draft Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014: Analysis of Written Responses
A consultation on the draft Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014 took place between 4 Oct 13 and 31 Jan 14. A total of 36 written responses were received and analysed. Whilst some respondents expressed support for developments to independent monitoring, areas of concern included the general structure and oversight by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, and the proposed roles of Monitors.
Footnotes
1. The draft Order
2. Coyle, A (2013) Review of Proposals to Improve Arrangements for Independent Monitoring of Prisons Edinburgh: Scottish Government
3. These were sometimes referred to in responses as "paid" Monitors, and this term is also used at some points in the report, but these Monitors are generally referred to in the report as "Prison Monitors".
4. Scottish Parliament (2014) Justice Committee 1st Report, 2014 (Session 4) Proposed Draft Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014 Edinburgh: Scottish Parliament
5. Table does not sum to 100% due to rounding
6. Abbreviated to IMCOs for the purposes of this report, for ease of reading.
7. Abbreviated to HROs for the purposes of this report, for ease of reading.
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