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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Thorn Cross Farm Shop

[Thorn Cross prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: the shop is run by prisoners and sells produce to prisoners and staff, while promoting healthy eating.

Keywords: nutrition

The Mount Foodbank

[The Mount prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: staff, prisoners and visitors can donate food through collection boxes around the prison which is passed on to a local community foodbank.

Keywords: foodbank

In-house counsellor

[Swansea prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: Swansea have appointed a trained counsellor who provides counselling support to prisoners.

Keywords: mental health

Decency Team

[Stocken prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a team of staff and prisoners responsible for ensuring and maintaining standards of decency across the establishment (including judging a monthly decency prize).

Keywords: decency, environment

Veterans Breakfast Club

[Stocken prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: monthly breakfast club bringing together prisoners and staff armed forces veterans, as well as outside guests and speakers.

Keywords: veterans

Stocken Buskers

[Stocken prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: prisoner buskers line the route to work, playing music to brighten the day and lighten the mood of prisoners and staff alike.

Keywords: safer custody, violence reduction, wellbeing

Vulnerability Prediction Tool (VPT)

[Serco prisons (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: an IT-based system for helping to identify vulnerable prisoners and those at risk of self isolation.

Keywords: safer custody

Community gardens regeneration project

[Brinsford prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a two-day project bringing together staff and prisoners from across the prison to transform the prison gardens and green space.

Keywords: gardens, greening, environment

Making Connections (mentoring on release)

[Send prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: Making Connections is a volunteer-delivered mentoring programme for women leaving custody, described by HMIP as “an impressive community mentoring scheme”.

Keywords: female offenders, resettlement, mentoring

Pet Dogs to Work initiative

[Rye Hill prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: Rye Hill has built on the concept of “pat dogs” by allowing staff to bring in their pet dogs, to engage with prisoners.

Keywords: mental health, wellbeing