Guidance

Records information management policy: PSI 04/2018, PI 02/2018

Rules and guidance on how to manage the information within prisoner records and how to dispose of them.

• From: Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service
• Published: 25 May 2018

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Records, information management and management retention policy

PDF, 693 KB, 17 pages

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Details

The aim of this document is to ensure that prison and probation staff handle information contained within prisoner records appropriately.

It provides guidance on managing paper and electronic ‘digital’ records, including how to:

• create records
• retain and manage information
• dispose of records

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 25 May 2018.

Published 25 May 2018