ABOUT HMP RYE HILL |
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HMP Rye Hill is a 660 bed category B training prison. (Includes 150
bed vulnerable prisoner unit).
Its philosophy seeks to "normalise" prison life to reflect
life in the outside community as far as possible and to create an
environment in which both staff and prisoners feel safe and causes
of prison stress are minimised. Central to this philosophy is the
relationship between staff and prisoners. GSL's operating philosophy
emphasises the need to treat prisoners with decency and respect and
encourages staff to build positive, supportive relationships with
the prisoners in their care. |
| The reception at HMP Rye
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GSL also
aims to create a constructive prison regime through the provision
of education, work and other programmes in order to best prepare people
for re-integration into mainstream society.
Predominantly single cells, some shared cells and cells for the disabled.
The regime is based on 35 hours per week minimum of purposeful activity
including work, training and education (including physical education),
offending behaviour programmes, all linked to a system of earned incentives
and privileges.
Incentives and Earned Privileges
HMP Rye Hill operates an incentives and earned privileges scheme with
four levels: basic, standard, enhanced 1, and enhanced 2. Progression
to the highest level is achieved by prisoners' sustained commitment
to the prison regime, the sentence management process, and their participation
in the voluntary drugs testing programme. Failure to comply in any
of these areas leads to a review of their status within the scheme.
GSL have a single union agreement with GMB Union commercial
service section which commits both parties to binding arbitration.
GSL is an equal opportunities employer and makes every effort
to recruit from ethnic minority communities. |
