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Fatal Accident Inquiries - prison custody deaths: Ministerial Accountability Board - final report

This report outlines how the Ministerial Accountability Board oversaw progress on 43 recommendations and actions arising from three Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAI) of deaths in prison custody.


Annex G - Abbreviations List

  • CSJHA - Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
  • DIPLAR - Death in Prison Learning and Audit Review
  • FAI - Fatal Accident Inquiry
  • FVHB - Forth Valley Health Board
  • HMIPS - His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
  • HMP - His Majesty’s Prison
  • HMP & YOI - His Majesty’s Prison and Young Offenders Institution
  • JAS - Justice Analysis and Strategy
  • JM - Jack McKenzie (recommendation reference)
  • KW - Katie Allan & William Lindsay (recommendation reference)
  • MAB - Ministerial Accountability Board
  • MDT - Multi‑Disciplinary Team
  • MORS - Management of Offender at Risk Due to Any Substance (MORS) policy
  • NHS - National Health Service
  • NOM - National Oversight Mechanism
  • NPM - National Preventive Mechanism
  • OLR - Order for Lifelong Restriction
  • OPCAT - Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
  • PDSO - Public Defence Solicitors Office
  • RAG – Red-Amber-Green
  • SG - Scottish Government
  • SHRC - Scottish Human Rights Commission
  • SPS - Scottish Prison Service
  • TTM - Talk To Me (suicide prevention policy)
  • UK - United Kingdom

Contact

Email: saira.kapasi@gov.scot

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