wellbeing

Women in prison: mental health and well-being — a guide for prison staff

[Prison Reform Trust (2020)]

A guide for prison staff to help them understand how prison life can affect a person’s mental health, with a focus on women.

Keywords: mental health, wellbeing, female offenders

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

Parallel Visits (for prisoners without visitors)

[Whatton prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: social events held in the visitors centre for prisoners who do not receive visits.

Keywords: visits, wellbeing

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

Liverpool Wellbeing Unit

[Liverpool prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: J wing is a 36 bed unit catering for some of the prison’s most complex men, who under normal circumstances would end up either in the CSU or in Healthcare.

Keywords: wellbeing, mental health, challenging behaviour

The Stoic programme

[Huntercombe prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 15 session programme, based on Stoic philosophy, run by the PE instructors at Huntercombe.

Keywords: foreign nationals, challenging behaviour, wellbeing

Hull Wellbeing Unit

[Hull prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: includes a palliative care suite, and provides health and social care support for people with significant mental health issues and physical illness.

Keywords: wellbeing, mental health, health

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: the Wellbeing Unit is situated within a normal location houseblock, providing targeted care for residents with mental health issues, who need an intermediate level of care and support.

Keywords: wellbeing, mental health

Still Walks VR initiative

[Heathrow IRC (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: virtual reality-based therapeutic experience – intended to help bring the outside in for people in custodial environments – based on an approach used in prisons in the US.

Keywords: foreign nationals, wellbeing

See the Light (refurbishing fogged windows)

[Full Sutton prison (2021)]

Ruth Mann Trophy finalist: programme to refurbish, and where necessary, replace ‘fogged’ windows across the establishment, to brighten the environment and improve outside visibility for prisoners and staff.

Keywords: environment, wellbeing, decency