14. RECOMMENDATIONS

14.1 For SPS HQ/Area Director

14.1.1 Action should be taken to resolve the problem of the extremely unhygienic conditions which were being caused by Longriggend’s unsatisfactory cell windows (paragraph 3.30).

14.1.2 The newly appointed Governor should be given the time and therefore the opportunities to provide strategic direction and support to staff (paragraph 9.5).

14.2 For Area Director/Governor I/C

14.2.1 Family contact measures should be improved by an increase in the number of card telephones throughout the Institution and an adjustment to the visits system with the particular aim of increasing the length of visits at weekends (paragraph 5.1).

14.2.2 A full-time drug addictions worker should be appointed (paragraph 5.12).

14.2.3 The induction process should be reviewed with the aim of introducing a system which is both adequately resourced and able to meet the needs of the population (paragraph 6.10).

14.2.4 The outside football pitch should be upgraded by the provision of an all-weather surface (paragraph 6.35).

14.2.5 An additional nurse practitioner should be appointed (paragraph 8.11).