Welsh Affairs Committee - Oral evidence: Prisons in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Oral evidence: Prisons in Wales, HC 101

Wednesday 21 February 2024

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Members present: Stephen Crabb (Chair); Tonia Antoniazzi; Virginia Crosbie; Ben Lake; Mr Rob Roberts.

Questions 79 - 135

Witnesses

I: Rebecca Hayward, Governor, HMP Berwyn; Amanda Corrigan, Governor, HMP Cardiff; Heather Whitehead, Director, HMP and YOI Parc; Chris Simpson, Governor, HMP Swansea; and Rob Denman, HMP Usk and Prescoed.

Extract

Rob Denman: ...A significant proportion of my men are older, so the Salvation Army provide for me a CAMEO centre, which is a day centre for older prisoners, and they spend their day engaged in purposeful activity. Of all closed sites in the UK, I provide more time out of cells than any other closed prison. The men are out of their cells from 7.45 am until lunchtime, when they go back in their rooms for an hour. They are pretty much open then until just after 7 pm most weekdays. It is a full regime.

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