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actual physical conditions, the quality of prisoner regimes, the morale of staff and prisoners, facilities and amenities available to staff and prisoners, safety issues, and decency and contribution to reducing re-offending. The Inspectorate also inspects Legalised Police Cells (mainly used in rural parts of northern Scotland) and the conditions of prisoner escort arrangements.
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The Inspectorate carries out a regular inspection of Scotland's prisons (including the privately run prisons). Each of Scotland's 16 prisons is normally subject to a full inspection every three years. Annual shorter, follow-up visits - which may be unannounced - are also made. Issues examined include
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system in the United Kingdom, whose report was published in 1979. One of the recommendations of its report was the creation of a new type of Prisons' Inspectorate, independent of the Prison Service. Previously inspections had been carried out by a Prison Governor. With the
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The post of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland is full-time. It has always been a lay appointment (an individual with no previous connection with the prison service). The Chief Inspector is appointed by the
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The Inspectorate can only make recommendations; it has no executive power to enforce these recommendations. The inspection system is identical for both state-run and privately managed prisons.
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and are subsequently published. The Scottish Ministers may also refer specific prison-related matters to the Chief Inspector for him to report on.
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His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland was created following a Committee of Inquiry into the
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His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland was placed on a statutory basis by an
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Although the Chief Inspector is entirely independent of the
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BBC News report on the appointment of Andrew McLellan, 2002
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report of 1979. The Inspectorate is directly funded by the
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was established in 1981, following recommendations of the
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His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
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Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD
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