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12. POINTS OF NOTE
12.1 The prison should stop the practice of holding three prisoners in a cell in 'A' Hall (paragraph 2.4).
12.2 All remand and protection prisoners in 'A' Hall should be held in decent conditions (paragraph 2.6).
12.3 The telephone and recreation facilities in 'A' Hall should be improved (paragraph 2.8).
12.4 Arrangements for maintaining basic hygiene in 'A' Hall should be improved (paragraph 2.9).
12.5 The prison should continue to monitor levels of inter-personal violence in 'A' Hall (paragraph 2.10).
12.6 The prison should review the appropriateness of remand, short-term and long-term prisoners from 'B' and 'D' Halls exercising together (paragraph 2.17).
12.7 Old and unsuitable mattresses in 'D' Hall should be replaced (paragraph 2.21).
12.8 Prisoners in Friarton Hall should be allowed more time out of their cells (paragraph 2.35).
12.9 The prison should consider providing hot food and drinks to visitors to Friarton Hall (paragraph 2.36).
12.10 The Electronic Control Room should be replaced or refurbished as a matter of urgency (paragraph 3.6).
12.11 A central file of completed prisoner complaint forms should be created, and all complaints submitted by prisoners should be entered on the SPS Prisoner Record System (paragraph 3.9).
12.12 A clear set of Orderly Room operating procedures should be communicated to all managers (paragraph 3.10).
12.13 A system of monitoring the consistency of Orderly Room procedures should be put in place (paragraph 3.11).
12.14 Consideration should be given to re-introducing the structured day care regime in the Health Centre for prisoners in the Segregation Unit (paragraph 3.13).
12.15 The urine testing process for drugs should be reviewed (paragraph 4.6).
12.16 The interview room in the Reception should be used for all prisoner interviews (paragraph 5.2).
12.17 The scheduling of escorts from the principal courts to the prison should be improved (paragraph 5.4).
12.18 The practice of "double-cuffing" all prisoners on escort should be reviewed (paragraph 5.6).
12.19 The system of identifying vacant cells in the prison should be improved (paragraph 5.7).
12.20 Provision should be made for hot drinks and hot food to be provided to prisoners who require to have their meal while in reception (paragraph 5.8).
12.21 Prisoners should have the opportunity to shower before attending court (paragraph 5.9).
12.22 Prisoners admitted on a Friday or during the weekend should not have to wait until the Monday for their induction (paragraph 5.12).
12.23 A range of service providers should be involved in delivering induction (paragraph 5.13).
12.24 The practice of administering the Core Screen Assessment to prisoners who will be held in the prison for periods of less than one week should be reviewed (paragraph 5.14).
12.25 All remand prisoners including remand prisoners on protection should receive a structured induction programme (paragraph 5.15).
12.26 Activities in the Links Centre should be developed (paragraph 5.18).
12.27 Consideration should be given to developing a more structured approach to pre-release (paragraph 5.19).
12.28 Better use should be made of the current space available in the health centre (paragraph 6.1).
12.29 The current system of supervised administration of medication should be improved (paragraphs 6.4 and 6.22).
12.30 Health care staff and officers should work together to raise awareness of the benefits of prisoners receiving health care in the health centre rather than in the halls (paragraph 6.5).
12.31 The current skills mix within the health centre should be reviewed (paragraph 6.6).
12.32 The lack of access to mental health services at weekends should be addressed (paragraph 6.13).
12.33 Consideration should be given to providing prescriptions to long-term prisoners on a fortnightly or monthly basis (paragraph 6.21).
12.34 Steps should be taken to stop prisoners stockpiling medications (paragraph 6.23).
12.35 Compliance with the timescales for reviewing prisoners' medication prescriptions should be improved (paragraph 6.24).
12.36 Prisoners taking methadone should only have one prescription kardex (paragraph 6.24).
12.37 There should be a proactive follow-up of prisoners refusing initial educational assistance once they have established themselves in the prison (paragraph 7.5).
12.38 The transfer of prisoners' initial educational assessment and learning records to the forwarding establishment should be done timeously (paragraph 7.6).
12.39 The prison should consider providing additional art classes (paragraph 7.7).
12.40 The prison should consider providing more full-time education (paragraph 7.7).
12.41 More evening classes should be made available (paragraph 7.7).
12.42 SMART action should be recorded and a subsequent quality improvement plans produced as part of the annual staff self-evaluation exercise (paragraph 7.9).
12.43 There should be formal recording and certification of employability skills that are being delivered and developed (paragraph 7.14).
12.44 The library should make available current periodicals, magazines and music loans (paragraph 7.17).
12.45 Prisoners should be involved in the acquisition of library stock (paragraph 7.19).
12.46 There should be a strategic partnership between the learning centre and library for provision of resources to support learners (paragraph 7.19).
12.47 The arrangements for booking visits for remand prisoners should be improved (paragraph 8.3).
12.48 Access to Physical Education facilities should be improved (paragraphs 8.8 and 8.9).
12.49 Prisoners should be able to work towards a range of SVQ modules (paragraph 8.12).
12.50 The social work manager should attend ACT meetings (paragraph 8.18)
12.51 All social workers should have a SPIN terminal (paragraph 8.19)
12.52 The prison should take the opportunity provided by the building work to offer practical work, perhaps contributing to a qualification, to prisoners (paragraph 9.4).
12.53 All prisoners should be given the opportunity to choose their meals in advance (paragraph 9.16).
12.54 A Catering Committee where prisoners can be consulted on the food should be established (paragraph 9.18).
12.55 Senior Managers should taste the meals in the kitchen or in the halls every day (paragraph 9.18).
12.56 A complaints book should be held in the kitchen (paragraph 9.18).
12.57 Old and worn clothing should be replaced when necessary (paragraph 9.22).
12.58 The choice of items available from the canteen should be improved (paragraph 9.25).
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