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unusual facts about Prison Service



Neil Brisco

After only one Northern Premier League Division One North game for the club he retired from football, so as to concentrate on his work in the prison service.

Following a couple of years with Leigh RMI, he retired from the game at Chorley in 2009, so as to concentrate on his work with the prison service.

The Blunkett Tapes

As Home Secretary during the Lincoln Prison riots in 2002, Blunkett accused in his diaries the then Head of Prison Service, Martin Narey "of dithering over the riots"


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Bob Mountford

He joined the Prison Service in 1988, whilst still coaching, becoming a warden at Cessnock Correctional Centre in Cessnock, New South Wales.

Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons

The Chief Inspector is not operationally part of HM Prison Service or the Ministry of Justice, and both have been criticised at times in the reports issued by the Chief Inspector after prison visits, or in their Annual Report, delivered to the Justice Secretary and presented to Parliament.

HM Prison Reading

There are two education departments at Reading prison, one run by the Prison service and one by Milton Keynes College.

Michael Spurr

Prior to joining the Prison Service, Michael graduated from Durham University (St Chad's College) with a BA in Economics and Economic History.

National Offender Management Service

In January 2008, the Secretary of State for Justice announced major organisational reform which resulted in the Director-General of Her Majesty's Prison Service, Phil Wheatley, becoming the Chief Executive of NOMS, and assuming responsibility for both the National Probation Service (NPS) as well as HM Prison Service and management of contracts for private sector operation of prisons and prisoner escorting.

Singapore Prison Service

Another milestone in Singapore Prison Service’s history was the official opening of Tanah Merah Prison and Changi Women’s Prison/Drug Rehabilitation Centre on 23 April 1994 by then Minister for Home Affairs, Wong Kan Seng.