Guidance

Prisoner rehabilitation services: PSI 04/2015, PI 01/2015

Guidance on designing and delivering rehabilitation services to help prisoners prepare for release and reduce the risk of reoffending.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice
• Published: 30 November 2019

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Rehabilitation services specification - custody: PSI 04/2015, PI 01/2015

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Details

This document provides guidance to prison and probation staff on the design and delivery of rehabilitation services to help prisoners learn new skills, prepare for release and reduce the risk of reoffending.

It contains guidelines and recommendations to help ensure that:

• information is shared readily between prisons, probation services, rehabilitation service providers and other agencies to support the delivery of services
• prisoners have access to a broad range of rehabilitation services and understand their responsibilities when taking part
• prison staff encourage and motivate prisoners to take part in appropriate rehabilitation services
• prisoners have access to services that can help them with skills and education, employment, housing, personal finance, parenting, family and welfare needs
• prisoners who have been sex workers or victims of domestic violence, rape or abuse have access to appropriate support services
• prisoners are supported during their release and as they settle into the community

This is a current prison service instruction (PSI) and probation instruction (PI). It came into effect on 1 February 2015 and was last updated on 30 November 2019.

Published 30 November 2019