Dumfries

Address:
HMP Dumfries
Terregles Street
Dumfries
DG2 9AX

Tel:(01387) 261218

Fax:(01387) 264144

Dumfries Prison services the courts of Dumfries and Galloway. The establishment serves as a local community prison that holds adult and under 21 male and female prisoners (segregated) who are remanded in custody for trial and those convicted but remanded for reports. Female prisoners from the Dumfries catchment area sentenced to 1 year or less remain in Dumfries while those serving over 1 year will normally transfer to Cornton Vale. Adult male prisoners from the Dumfries catchment area with sentences of up to 4 years will be retained in Dumfries.

Visiting

Directions to Dumfries
Leave the A74 and follow the road to Dumfries. Travel straight along this road, you will pass Gates Rubber Factory on your left. You will then come to a large roundabout, take the road to Stranraer on your right. A mile further on there is another roundabout, turn left here that takes you over a bridge. Travel straight on and carry on through the next roundabout. You should now be on a dual carriageway. On approaching traffic lights move into the right hand lane and turn right. Almost immediately, turn right again and this brings you onto Terregles Street. The prison is the second turning to the left.

Visit times
UNTRIED - LOCAL CONVICTED - FEMALE PRISONERS
Monday - Friday: 14.00 - 14.45 & 15.00 - 15.45
Only allowed one visit per day, must request for a double visit (i.e. 2-session visit).
On admission prisoners are given a card to state name and address of those people he/she wishes to visit him/ her. Visit card is then kept at the gate and visitors waiting room. Prisoners then arrange their own visits.

Visitors ID and name are checked against the prisoner's visit card kept at the gate/visitors' waiting area. If visitors have no form of ID or are not listed on the prisoner's visit card then they are refused access to visit until the prisoner has added their name to the visiting card.

YOUNG OFFENDERS
Saturday and Sunday only 13.45 - 17.45.
Young Offenders are permitted 2 visits per calendar month. A visiting order pass system is in place. The prisoner books a visit in log sheet, which is retained in the prisoner's hall location. Prisoners submit their visit request to hall staff who process the visiting order pass after checking the prisoner's entitlement for the month in question. The Visiting Order is then handed back to prisoners for posting to relatives/friends.
Visitors must be accompanied by the pass, on arrival at the prison and only those names on the Visiting Orders will be given access to visit. Children under 16 need not be named on the pass.

PROFESSIONAL VISITS - LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHIATRISTS
To alleviate unnecessary delays it would be helpful of you could visit your clients between the following hours. To ensure efficient service with the minimum of delays please telephone in advance, advising approximately time of arrival for visit.
09.00 - 11.45; 13.00 - 15.45; 18.30 - 20.30 pm by prior appointment only (telephone 01387 261 218); No visits Saturday or Sunday evening.

VISITORS' INFORMATION: HM YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION DUMFRIES
Directions to Dumfries
Leave the A74 and follow the road to Dumfries. Travel straight along this road, you will pass Gates Rubber Factory on your left. You will then come to a large roundabout, take the road to Stranraer on your right. A mile further on there is another roundabout, turn left here that takes you over a bridge. Travel straight on and carry on through the next roundabout. You should now be on a dual carriageway. On approaching traffic lights move into the right hand lane and turn right. Almost immediately, turn right again and this brings you onto Terregles Street. The prison is the second turning to the left.

LOCAL CONVICTED - FEMALE PRISONERS
Visit times
Monday - Friday: 14.15 - 15.15; Saturday & Sunday: 14.00 - 15.45
On admission prisoners are given a card to state name and address of those people he/she wishes to visit him/ her. Visit card is then kept at the gate and visitors waiting room. Prisoners then arrange their own visits.

UNTRIED
Visit times
Monday - Friday: 14.15 - 15.15

YOUNG OFFENDERS
Visiting Times
Saturday and Sunday: 14.00 - 15.45
Young Offenders are permitted 2 visits per calendar month. A visiting order pass system is in place. The prisoner books a visit in log sheet, which is retained in the prisoner's hall location. Prisoners submit their visit request to hall staff who process the visiting order pass after checking the prisoner's entitlement for the month in question. The Visiting Order is then handed back to prisoners for posting to relatives/friends.

Visitors must be accompanied by the pass, on arrival at the prison and only those names on the Visiting Orders will be given access to visit. Children under 16 need not be named on the pass.

PROFESSIONAL VISITS - LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHIATRISTS
To alleviate unnecessary delays it would be helpful of you could visit your clients between the following hours. To ensure efficient service with the minimum of delays please telephone in advance, advising approximately time of arrival for visit.
09.00 - 11.45; 13.00 - 15.45; 18.30 - 20.30 by prior appointment only (telephone 01387 261 218)No visits Saturday or Sunday evening.

Further Info

EMPLOYMENT & VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
Industrial employment for young offenders at Dumfries is provided within a joinery workshop the prison laundry, the kitchen and a number of pass jobs. The joinery shop manufactures products such as gates for external contract sales. There is also an industrial cleaning course designed to provide training for prisoners and at the same time improve the housekeeping of the establishment. A course in painting and decorating, Brick laying and a BICC in Industrial Cleaning is available in the institution, which offers a wide range of SQA modules. Training is also offered in horticulture and woodcraft. The craft workshops that are being set up for all inmate groups will look at linking into Education and Basic Skills. Selected young offenders working in the kitchen can also achieve certified training.

ART ACHIEVEMENTS
Artwork produced by prisoners won first and second place in both the Bird Art Memorial Competition and the Dumfries and Galloway Art Competition. Entries have made for the Koestler awards and it is hoped that achievements made in recent years will be reflected in the entries this year.

GROUPWORK
Groupwork for YOs focuses on the prioirity areas such as input relating to Anger Management and Cognitive skills. The recently developed drug awareness approved activity is scheduled to be delivered at Dumfries commencing end of November 2001 and although the highest priority group will be local remand / convicted prisoners it is envisaged that time will allocated for the provision of programme time for YO's.

The delivery of offending behaviour/ socio-economic interventions aimed at local prisoners provided on a mostly on a one-to-one counselling basis. Counselling relating to drug and alcohol addiction, employablility, housing and education is offered on an as required basis.

The provision for local female remands/ convicted prisoners is as provided for male counterparts with the offer of one morning per week in group sessions designed to deal with issues and needs as they arise. The provision of one to one counselling is also available on a Monday afternoon or again as the need arises.

Funding has been secured, for one year, via the 'Rough Sleepers Initiative' to employ a full time housing liaison worker dealing with housing needs of remand/ local convicted prisoners who lead chaotic lifestyles. Further funding has been secured via the same initiative for a part time drugs and housing liaison worker. Both will work in partnership to ensure that those who lead chaotic lifestyles, and therefore and are at risk of becoming homeless will have access to appropriate drug treatment programmes while in prison and strong links with secure housing on release.

PE DEPARTMENT
The PE timetable ensures access to all inmate groups with no deterioration on either quantity or quality.

At present there is a very successful young offender football team which plays in the Sunday Amateur Football League and last season they won the West Sakelston Trophy, came second in the league and were the winners of the fair play award which is achieved by the teams discipline over the whole season. Winning this award saw the football team making an appearance on the local television. The team also won the Sunday Amateur Football League Premier 5 a-side competition which was held ijn August 2001.

A funday was organised during the summer which involved various activities such as volleyball, rounders and a barbecue, all held in the back field. Every inmate attended the events at sometime during the day.

It is hoped that a charity event will be held in the near future as thousand of pounds has been raised for local charities in the past few years.

EDUCATION
Provided by Motherwell college, and available to all inmate groups. There is a wide range of subjects on offer to address the needs of the population. These include the following classes: Maths, English, IT skills, 2D Art & Design, History & Modern Studies, Media and Computer Studies, Social and Life Skills and guitar lessons are scheduled to commence in the near future.

Family Contact Development Officer
The family contact development Officer deals with any problems that Prisoners have with visits or can assist them with other family related problems. They will also assist visitors with any queries / problems they may have with visits or other related matters.

The assisted prison visits unit (APVU ) aims to promote family ties by contributing to the cost of prison visits by close relatives and partners who are in receipt of a low income.

Information regarding FCDO issues can be obtained from Officer Craig McGill by phoning 01387 261218. Alternatively, enquiries can be made to the Prisoners' Families Information Line, free-phone 0500 83 93 83. 13.00- 17.00 Monday-Friday.

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	Address: HMP Dumfries Terregles Street Dumfries DG2 9AX		Tel:(01387) 261218 Fax:(01387) 264144

	Dumfries Prison services the courts of Dumfries and Galloway. The establishment serves as a local community prison that holds adult and under 21 male and female prisoners (segregated) who are remanded in custody for trial and those convicted but remanded for reports. Female prisoners from the Dumfries catchment area sentenced to 1 year or less remain in Dumfries while those serving over 1 year will normally transfer to Cornton Vale. Adult male prisoners from the Dumfries catchment area with sentences of up to 4 years will be retained in Dumfries.
	Visiting Directions to Dumfries Leave the A74 and follow the road to Dumfries. Travel straight along this road, you will pass Gates Rubber Factory on your left. You will then come to a large roundabout, take the road to Stranraer on your right. A mile further on there is another roundabout, turn left here that takes you over a bridge. Travel straight on and carry on through the next roundabout. You should now be on a dual carriageway. On approaching traffic lights move into the right hand lane and turn right. Almost immediately, turn right again and this brings you onto Terregles Street. The prison is the second turning to the left. Visit times UNTRIED - LOCAL CONVICTED - FEMALE PRISONERS Monday - Friday: 14.00 - 14.45 & 15.00 - 15.45 Only allowed one visit per day, must request for a double visit (i.e. 2-session visit). On admission prisoners are given a card to state name and address of those people he/she wishes to visit him/ her. Visit card is then kept at the gate and visitors waiting room. Prisoners then arrange their own visits. Visitors ID and name are checked against the prisoner's visit card kept at the gate/visitors' waiting area. If visitors have no form of ID or are not listed on the prisoner's visit card then they are refused access to visit until the prisoner has added their name to the visiting card. YOUNG OFFENDERS Saturday and Sunday only 13.45 - 17.45. Young Offenders are permitted 2 visits per calendar month. A visiting order pass system is in place. The prisoner books a visit in log sheet, which is retained in the prisoner's hall location. Prisoners submit their visit request to hall staff who process the visiting order pass after checking the prisoner's entitlement for the month in question. The Visiting Order is then handed back to prisoners for posting to relatives/friends. Visitors must be accompanied by the pass, on arrival at the prison and only those names on the Visiting Orders will be given access to visit. Children under 16 need not be named on the pass. PROFESSIONAL VISITS - LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHIATRISTS To alleviate unnecessary delays it would be helpful of you could visit your clients between the following hours. To ensure efficient service with the minimum of delays please telephone in advance, advising approximately time of arrival for visit. 09.00 - 11.45; 13.00 - 15.45; 18.30 - 20.30 pm by prior appointment only (telephone 01387 261 218); No visits Saturday or Sunday evening. VISITORS' INFORMATION: HM YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTION DUMFRIES Directions to Dumfries Leave the A74 and follow the road to Dumfries. Travel straight along this road, you will pass Gates Rubber Factory on your left. You will then come to a large roundabout, take the road to Stranraer on your right. A mile further on there is another roundabout, turn left here that takes you over a bridge. Travel straight on and carry on through the next roundabout. You should now be on a dual carriageway. On approaching traffic lights move into the right hand lane and turn right. Almost immediately, turn right again and this brings you onto Terregles Street. The prison is the second turning to the left. LOCAL CONVICTED - FEMALE PRISONERS Visit times Monday - Friday: 14.15 - 15.15; Saturday & Sunday: 14.00 - 15.45 On admission prisoners are given a card to state name and address of those people he/she wishes to visit him/ her. Visit card is then kept at the gate and visitors waiting room. Prisoners then arrange their own visits. Visitors ID and name are checked against the prisoner's visit card kept at the gate/visitors' waiting area. If visitors have no form of ID or are not listed on the prisoner's visit card then they are refused access to visit until the prisoner has added their name to the visiting card. UNTRIED Visit times Monday - Friday: 14.15 - 15.15 YOUNG OFFENDERS Visiting Times Saturday and Sunday: 14.00 - 15.45 Young Offenders are permitted 2 visits per calendar month. A visiting order pass system is in place. The prisoner books a visit in log sheet, which is retained in the prisoner's hall location. Prisoners submit their visit request to hall staff who process the visiting order pass after checking the prisoner's entitlement for the month in question. The Visiting Order is then handed back to prisoners for posting to relatives/friends. Visitors must be accompanied by the pass, on arrival at the prison and only those names on the Visiting Orders will be given access to visit. Children under 16 need not be named on the pass. PROFESSIONAL VISITS - LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHIATRISTS To alleviate unnecessary delays it would be helpful of you could visit your clients between the following hours. To ensure efficient service with the minimum of delays please telephone in advance, advising approximately time of arrival for visit. 09.00 - 11.45; 13.00 - 15.45; 18.30 - 20.30 by prior appointment only (telephone 01387 261 218)No visits Saturday or Sunday evening.
	Further Info EMPLOYMENT & VOCATIONAL TRAINING. Industrial employment for young offenders at Dumfries is provided within a joinery workshop the prison laundry, the kitchen and a number of pass jobs. The joinery shop manufactures products such as gates for external contract sales. There is also an industrial cleaning course designed to provide training for prisoners and at the same time improve the housekeeping of the establishment. A course in painting and decorating, Brick laying and a BICC in Industrial Cleaning is available in the institution, which offers a wide range of SQA modules. Training is also offered in horticulture and woodcraft. The craft workshops that are being set up for all inmate groups will look at linking into Education and Basic Skills. Selected young offenders working in the kitchen can also achieve certified training. ART ACHIEVEMENTS Artwork produced by prisoners won first and second place in both the Bird Art Memorial Competition and the Dumfries and Galloway Art Competition. Entries have made for the Koestler awards and it is hoped that achievements made in recent years will be reflected in the entries this year. GROUPWORK Groupwork for YOs focuses on the prioirity areas such as input relating to Anger Management and Cognitive skills. The recently developed drug awareness approved activity is scheduled to be delivered at Dumfries commencing end of November 2001 and although the highest priority group will be local remand / convicted prisoners it is envisaged that time will allocated for the provision of programme time for YO's. The delivery of offending behaviour/ socio-economic interventions aimed at local prisoners provided on a mostly on a one-to-one counselling basis. Counselling relating to drug and alcohol addiction, employablility, housing and education is offered on an as required basis. The provision for local female remands/ convicted prisoners is as provided for male counterparts with the offer of one morning per week in group sessions designed to deal with issues and needs as they arise. The provision of one to one counselling is also available on a Monday afternoon or again as the need arises. Funding has been secured, for one year, via the 'Rough Sleepers Initiative' to employ a full time housing liaison worker dealing with housing needs of remand/ local convicted prisoners who lead chaotic lifestyles. Further funding has been secured via the same initiative for a part time drugs and housing liaison worker. Both will work in partnership to ensure that those who lead chaotic lifestyles, and therefore and are at risk of becoming homeless will have access to appropriate drug treatment programmes while in prison and strong links with secure housing on release. PE DEPARTMENT The PE timetable ensures access to all inmate groups with no deterioration on either quantity or quality. At present there is a very successful young offender football team which plays in the Sunday Amateur Football League and last season they won the West Sakelston Trophy, came second in the league and were the winners of the fair play award which is achieved by the teams discipline over the whole season. Winning this award saw the football team making an appearance on the local television. The team also won the Sunday Amateur Football League Premier 5 a-side competition which was held ijn August 2001. A funday was organised during the summer which involved various activities such as volleyball, rounders and a barbecue, all held in the back field. Every inmate attended the events at sometime during the day. It is hoped that a charity event will be held in the near future as thousand of pounds has been raised for local charities in the past few years. EDUCATION Provided by Motherwell college, and available to all inmate groups. There is a wide range of subjects on offer to address the needs of the population. These include the following classes: Maths, English, IT skills, 2D Art & Design, History & Modern Studies, Media and Computer Studies, Social and Life Skills and guitar lessons are scheduled to commence in the near future. Family Contact Development Officer The family contact development Officer deals with any problems that Prisoners have with visits or can assist them with other family related problems. They will also assist visitors with any queries / problems they may have with visits or other related matters. The assisted prison visits unit (APVU ) aims to promote family ties by contributing to the cost of prison visits by close relatives and partners who are in receipt of a low income. Information regarding FCDO issues can be obtained from Officer Craig McGill by phoning 01387 261218. Alternatively, enquiries can be made to the Prisoners' Families Information Line, free-phone 0500 83 93 83. 13.00- 17.00 Monday-Friday.