Shotts Prison
Background
• Maximum Security Prison
• Situated in countryside south of M8
motorway, near Shotts Village
• Long term male adult prisoners
• Purpose Built in 1976
• Includes two facilities; National Induction
Centre & Kerr House
Facilities
National Induction Centre
• Holds approx. 115 prisoners
• Initial stages of +8 year sentences
• Regime to help prisoners cope with mainstream
establishments
Kerr House
• Holds approx. 52 prisoners
• Offers an opportunity in a less regimented regime
• For low supervision prisoners
Structure
Unlocking times
Monday - Friday 07:30 - 17:00 & 18:00 21:00
Saturday & Sunday 08:00 - 12:45 & 13:45 17:45
Prison Facilities
Cell Facilities
• Cooking areas
• Hobby kits
• In-cell power
• Own bedding
• Own Clothing
• Own footwear
• Play station (PS2 or
other)
• Television (£1 a week for
satellite)
Offers a range of health
and sports
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Gym
• Football
• Tennis
• Field sports
• Weights training
etc
Includes a library, prayer rooms, health care, education and wages for the
employed and learning
Offence Focused Courses
• CARE - Controlling Anger, Regulating Emotions
• Constructs - Addresses poor problem solving,
social skills and pro-social attitudes
• SROBT - Substance related Offending
Behaviour Programme
• Violence Prevention Programme - Intensive
intervention programme for violent offenders
• SMART - Self-management and recovery
programme
New Stories
• Prison officer fired for allegedly having
relationships with prisoners – March 2010
• Prison Governor accused of man handling
prison officers – September 2010
• Luke Mitchell who murdered his girlfriend
is in Shotts, refusing to remove his lip ring
and suffering from severe paranoia –
November 2010
HMIP Report
‘Stable’ was the word used by both the Governor
and the representative of the Prison Officers'
Association to describe Shotts Prison. It
describes the relationship between prisoners
and staff; it recognises the safe atmosphere
throughout the prison, which is remarkable in a
prison that was once notorious for violence; and
it takes account of the fact that many prisoners
in Shotts have been there for a long time and
many will be there for a long time to come.
Bibliography
• www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3649019.stm
• www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2004/04/19149/35036
• http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2891015/Fl
ing-claim-Shotts-Prison-warder-Karen-Feeney-is-sacked.html
• www.sps.gov.uk
• http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/09/21/prisongovernor-accused-of-throwing-prison-officers-union-rep-out-of-hisoffice-86908-22577061/
• http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/09/21/prisongovernor-accused-of-throwing-prison-officers-union-rep-out-of-hisoffice-86908-22577061/