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Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword: Lord Woolf
Executive Summary
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Introduction
Segregation units and close supervision centres (CSCs)
The study
Terms of reference
Areas of inquiry
Study overview and methods
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2.1
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Segregation in England and Wales: capacity, costs and staffing
Legal and administrative basis
The segregation estate: capacity, costs, and staffing
Capacity
Staffing
Shift structure
Training
Information sharing (handovers between shifts)
The CSC estate: capacity and costs
Prisoner demographics (CSC and segregation units)
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The decision to segregate or to house in a close supervision centre (CSC):
classification, allocation, safeguards
The functions of segregation units: why segregate?
Orchestrated segregation
Segregation placement: procedures and measures of initial and continued segregation
Initial and continued segregation
Adjudication hearings
Safeguards: the Segregation Safety Screen, IMBs, and recording requirements
Segregation safety screen
The role of Independent Monitoring Boards
Recording requirements
CSCs: functions, reasons for placement and procedures
Procedures and reasons for placement in the close supervision centre system
Segregation and CSCs: conditions, provisions, regime and support
Physical conditions
Regime
Exercise and fresh air
Showers
Food and meals
Canteen (shop)
Provisions
Personal belongings
Education
Smoking
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