Publications

Relates to the applications for civil legal aid under Part II of the 1981 Order for specific proceedings under the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 and authorises the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission as to how it may fund those proceedings.&nb

Review of the Northern Ireland criminal records regime by Sunita Mason, Independent Advisor for Criminality Information Management for England and Wales, consultation document, equality screening form and summary of responses.

This bulletin draws on findings from the 2010/11 Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS), a representative, continuous, personal interview survey of the experiences and perceptions of crime of 4,081 adults living in private households throughout Northern Ireland.

Freedom of information request and disclosure relating to minutes of meetings about market testing of peccs.

Freedom of information request and disclosure relating to ICT expenditure and budget information for the period 2011 to 2013.

Freedom of information request and disclosure relating to prompt payment to suppliers figures 2010 to 2011.

Freedom of information request disclosure relating to prisoner phone charges.

An effective prison system, capable of reducing crime, is crucial to creating a safer society in Northern Ireland, and this report begins by describing what such a system would look like and why.

This guidance is underpinned by the Gender-Specific Standards for Working with Women Prisoners in Northern Ireland which were published in November 2010

The standards signify a substantial commitment by the Northern Ireland Prison Service to addressing the gender specific needs of women prisoners.

The aim of the Northern Ireland Prison Service is to serve the community by keeping in secure, safe and humane custody those committed by the courts.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service, through our staff, serves the community by keeping in secure, safe and humane custody those committed by the courts.

The purpose of this notice is to explain to data subjects how and why we collect and record personal information about them.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Policy aims to identify vulnerable prisoners at risk of self harm or suicide, and provide the necessary support and care to minimise the harm an individual may cause to himself or herself throughout th

This Policy must be read in conjunction with the Standard Operating Procedures for the Safe Use and Custody of Hoffman Cut Down Knives, the Northern Ireland Prison Service Security Manual and the Suicide & Self Harm Prevention Policy.

Our report sets out the context and evidence in Chapter 2. We were mindful of the wider changes impacting on the Service and its workforce, ranging from the devolution of policing and justice and the associated commissioning of a major review of its management.

This plan has been developed in consultation with staff in the Service, and with many of our partner organisations.

This information charter sets out the standards that you can expect from the Department of Justice (NI) (DoJ) when we request or hold information (including but not limited to personal data) about you. 

The Department of Justice (DoJ) is fully committed to complying with the terms and principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act) which came into force on 1 March 2000.

This is a new and critical era for NIPS and one which will fundamentally transform the Service from end to end, for the benefit of staff, prisoners and the wider society.