Security Investment Programme Evaluation
Three reports summarising the findings of the Security Investment Programme (SIP) evaluation. SIP is a £100 million investment to help strengthen security and reduce crime in prisons.
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The Security Investment Programme’s strategic aim is to reduce the crime in prison that disrupts delivery of safe, decent, and secure regimes and causes harm in the community. The programme objectives are as follows:
- first line of defence: Reduce conveyance of illicit items into establishments via the Gate, Reception and post
- second line of defence: Stop mobile devices working and/ or detect and retrieve devices
- third line of defence: Strengthen staff resilience to corruption and equip staff to defend against efforts to subvert security regimes
- increase targeted disruptions against high harm serious and organised crime and corrupt staff to frustrate criminal enterprise. A Multi-Agency Response to Serious and Organised Crime (MARSOC)
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) commissioned Ipsos Mori to conduct a process evaluation of MARSOC and commissioned Natcen to conduct a process evaluation of the 3 lines of defence. The process evaluations provide a better understanding of how the programme has been delivered, whether it has been delivered as intended and to identify factors which may have helped or hindered its effectiveness. An outcome study was conducted internally by MOJ Data and Analysis to explore whether the programme had achieved its intended outcomes.