The project will focus on SPS’s current use of Separation and Reintegration Units (SRUs), contributing to our understanding of whether current practice is lawful, proportionate, consistent and rehabilitative, while contributing to safe and effective prisoner management.
Methods will include qualitative research (may include interviews/focus groups) with SPS staff and people in prison to understand experiences of SRUs and decision-making processes, and/or desk-based reviews to examine compliance with relevant policies, regime conditions, risk management and security processes. The intern will help to shape the focus and design of the research, withs specific research questions and methods to be agreed at the start of the project, and in support of the key objectives across the wider project.
The internship aims to deliver the following high-level outcomes:
- SPS has an improved understanding of the use of SRUs across the estate, including decision making processes and experiences of SRUs.
- SPS has a well-defined set of recommendations to inform development of policies relating to the use of SRUs.
