Abstract
In 1991 the Prison Service began to develop a programme of treatment for sex offenders in custody. HMP Risley was the first establishment to successfully establish and run the ‘Core Treatment Programme’. This paper examines some of the issues involved in setting up such a programme, which was designed to be implemented by relatively inexperienced staff.
Highlights
In 1991 the Prison Service began to develop a programme of treatment for sex offenders in custody. eHsMtaPblRisihsleayndwarusnththee f'iCrsotreesTtarebalistmhmenetnPt rtoogrsaumccmees's. fTuhllyis paper examines some of the issuesinvolved in setting up such a programme, which was designed to be implemented by relatively inexperienced staff
In June 1991 Kenneth Baker, the Home Secretary, announced a new strategy for the treatment of sex offenders in custody (Prison Service, 1991). It came at a time of increasing public concern about sex offending, growing support for the concept of treatment for sex offending and a recent Criminal Justice Act which emphasised the role of rehabilitation during custodial sentences
Sixty-three prison establishments already pro vided some form of sex offender treatment, but these initiatives had been uncoordinated, with no common theoretical framework, and were often reliant on the enthusiasm and commitment of particular individuals
Summary
In 1991 the Prison Service began to develop a programme of treatment for sex offenders in custody. eHsMtaPblRisihsleayndwarusnththee f'iCrsotreesTtarebalistmhmenetnPt rtoogrsaumccmees's. fTuhllyis paper examines some of the issuesinvolved in setting up such a programme, which was designed to be implemented by relatively inexperienced staff. In 1991 the Prison Service began to develop a programme of treatment for sex offenders in custody. In June 1991 Kenneth Baker, the Home Secretary, announced a new strategy for the treatment of sex offenders in custody (Prison Service, 1991). It came at a time of increasing public concern about sex offending, growing support for the concept of treatment for sex offending and a recent Criminal Justice Act which emphasised the role of rehabilitation during custodial sentences. Risley is a prison service establishment near Warrington in Cheshire, which for many years had been a remand centre It had recently been redesignated as a multi-purpose prison, part of which was a Category C training prison, and a new governor had been appointed. (VPU) as recommended by the Woolf Report (HMSO, 1991) to replace Rule 43 accommoda
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