14. Recommendations

14.1 For SPS HQ/Area Director

14.1.1 Improvements to the laundry should be implemented as a matter of urgency (paragraph 7.40).

14.2 For Area Director and Governor I/C

14.2.1 The revised plan for the refurbishment of the accommodation Halls should proceed as a matter of priority with appropriate funds being made available to ensure that the work can be undertaken (paragraph 3.21).

14.2.2 The Governor should include in his Strategic Plan, a proposal to replace the section of inner fence with a wall (paragraph 4.1).

14.2.3 The Emergency Control Room should be expanded and refurbished as a matter of priority (paragraph 4.2).

14.2.4 A purpose built separate cells unit with self-contained facilities and dedicated staffing is an immediate priority (paragraph 4.15).

14.2.5 There should be an urgent appraisal of how prisoners should spend their time with consideration being given to the possibility of introducing a timetabling system for regime activities (paragraph 6.48).

14.2.6 The Contracts team should be provided with a purpose-built unit with appropriate facilities (paragraph 7.43).