Guidance
Prevention of abscond policy framework
Policy and guidance for prison staff of how to manage the risk of abscond from open prisons.
Applies to England and Wales
Documents
Details
This policy framework is for open prisons and formalises the current abscond reduction strategy and abscond review process. The policy contains mandatory actions for all open prisons to follow and aims to assist prisons in understanding absconds and to implement measures to effectively review and reduce them.
Updates to this page
Published 31 July 2024