1. JAMES KING
HEAD OF OFFENDER LEARNING
CILIPS CONFERENCE, DUNDEE
JUNE 2015

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Our Vision:
Helping to build a safer Scotland - Unlocking Potential - Transforming Lives
OUR MISSION:
Providing services that help to transform the lives of people in our care so
they can fulfil their potential and become responsible citizens.

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We deliver this through:
Custody : Managing safe and secure custodial environments
Order : Providing stability and order that helps offenders to transform their lives
Care : Supporting wellbeing and treating with respect and humanity all in our care
Opportunity : Providing opportunities which develop the potential of our staff, our
partnerships and the people in our care

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“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in
modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty…………..Literacy
is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through
which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full
potential.”
Kofi Annan 1996

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Award Winning Prison Magazine, HMP Shotts, near Glasgow

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PRISON LIBRARIES:
What did we find?
• LOCATION AND ACCESS
• INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT
• ACCESS TO INFORMATION
• WELCOME, FRIENDLY AND ATTENTIVE
• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• STOCK
•SERVICES AND SERVICES PLANNING

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HMP Grampian: Setting the standard

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HMP Perth: Behind the Lines, community links

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HMP Perth

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HMP Barlinnie, Glasgow is Scotland’s largest prison holding around 1,400
prisoners.

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HMP Barlinnie: Key links with the Mitchell

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HMP & YOI CORNTON VALE

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HMP & YOI CORNTON VALE

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Scots Language Projects

16. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”
William Butler Yeats

17. “Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of
consequences”
Robert Louis Stevenson

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Thank you