Ruth Mann Trophy

While the Butler Trust's Annual Awards are for outstanding individuals - the Trust's Ruth Mann Trophy is for notable custodial-based initiatives, which have brought significant benefits locally, and could be rolled out more widely.

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Hull TV

[Hull prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: an in-house TV station, run by prisoners, providing information, education and entertainment to prisoners, and broadcast to every cell in the prison.

Keywords: training, education, communications

Early Days in Custody

[Parc prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a dedicated team, including staff and peers, aimed at improving the experience of new arrivals, with a focus on reducing stress and anxiety during early days in custody.

Keywords: reception, induction, peer support

Families Come Dine With Us

[Nottingham prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a programme of family visits, held in the prison’s Bistro, which gives prisoners an ‘out of prison’ experience: sitting down and eating a meal with their families.

Keywords: families, visits

Mothers Union Cooking Sessions

[New Hall prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: monthly visits by volunteers from the local Mothers Union, who spend the day with residents, help them cook, etc, with a particular focus on women on the Personality Disorder Pathway.

Keywords: personality disorder, catering

‘Hive’ Drug Recovery initiative

[Manchester prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 75-bed unit designed to support recovery from substance misuse, with all residents working to achieve a shared goal of promoting an environment that supports positive change.

Keywords: substance misuse, healthcare

Wellbeing Unit

[Liverpool prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: 35-bed wellbeing unit, housing people with a range of complex needs, including mental health issues, chronic self-harm, drug issues, and trauma.

Keywords: health, mental health, complex needs

Healthy Relationships Programme

[Kilmarnock prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 12-session educational programme, aimed at perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) who are not eligible for an accredited domestic violence programme in Scotland.

Keywords: families, domestic violence

Foreign Nationals Resettlement

[Huntercombe prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a resettlement programme, tailored to a foreign national population, providing support and advice on an out-reach (wing-based) and by-appointment drop-in basis.

Keywords: resettlement, foreigh nationals

HOPE Unit

[Humber prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 39-bed unit running a “progression regime” for men serving IPPs, life sentences and extended determinate sentences, aimed at helping them to demonstrate their suitability for release and prepare for a successful return to society.

Keywords: IPPs, lifers, progression

Prison Officer Guide

[Woodhill prison (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a book which complements the national “Prison Officer Guide”, and is tailored to the particular circumstances of Woodhill – in pocket-book size which allows staff to carry it with them.

Keywords: staff welfare