Berwyn
Mark Greenhaf
Deputy Governor
National Offender Management Service
•The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is formed of Her
Majesty’s Prison Service and the National Probation Service and directly
manages both services
•It contract manages the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC)
and the private prisons
•The National Offender Management Service in Wales was set up to deal
with the unique arrangements caused by devolution
•HMP Berwyn will be the largest prison in the UK and house 2,106 men
Berwyn – dedicated to rehabilitation
• The vision for Berwyn is that it will be a rehabilitative
prison, providing a safe, decent and just environment
where men are encouraged and assisted to prepare for a
fresh start in life
• It will also have a central place in the community, bringing
jobs and opportunities to the region, holding men closer
to home and helping them resettle
• The prison’s culture will determine the quality of its
relationships with its neighbours, local partners and the
many other services, both in the prison and in the
community
Mobilisation and operations
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Begin taking our men in February 2017
Category C prison
Co-commissioning – health, training, education, industries
2106 capacity
Small local remand function for North Wales
Design incorporates everything we know about what works
best
– Opportunities to optimise use of technology
– Three houses of 700 men in each. Divided into
accommodation of approximately 90 men in each
Berwyn – dedicated to rehabilitation
• We will focus on the importance of Welsh language in the
rehabilitation of men from Wales
• The first challenge, given the size of the prison, is to
ensure that everyone who lives, works and visits there is
treated as an individual, while realising efficiencies from
scale
• The second challenge is to realise a fully rehabilitative
culture without losing sight of the risks that the
population might present to the public, the staff and each
other
Site overview
2,106 Men
In three houses
Six Industrial
workshops
Five skills
training
workshops
Faith centre
Sports
Facility
Kitchen
Reception, Healthcare,
Video Courts Rooms and
Resettlement Team
Education
24 classrooms
Berwyn – what are our priorities?
Principles of
normality
Creating the best
environment for
men to change
their lives
Rehabilitative
culture
‘Making big feel
small’
How will we achieve these priorities?
We need to work
together in Berwyn to
achieve the
rehabilitative triangle
and we need support
from the community
to resettle our men
Berwyn culture
Rehabilitative Staff
All staff working in the prison have the
confidence and skills to make every contact
matter.
Rehabilitative Leadership
Leaders share a vision for the future, engage
with the culture, and deliver their
responsibilities with visibility and moral
consistency.
Rehabilitative Purpose
A shared understanding of the purpose of
the prison so that rehabilitation is the
default consideration in all interactions and
decisions. The environment supports the
purpose of the prison.
Rehabilitative Processes
Rehabilitative Activities
All routine processes are designed and
carried out with rehabilitation as their main
aim.
The prison offers a wide range of activities
and interventions to meet the needs of the
population.
Berwyn values
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Value each other and celebrate achievements
Act with integrity and always speak the truth
Look to the future with ambition and hope
Uphold fairness and justice in all we do
Embrace Welsh language and culture
Stick at it!
It is all about our people…
Changing lives and creating a safer society
So where are we now?
– Less than 100 days away from taking our first men
– Announced in October that our education provider is Novus
Cambria
– Had our first set of prison officers and operational support
grades graduate in October and our next round will graduate on
December 16
– The education building, support building and entry building have
been completed and handed over for us to use
Prison Build – Economic Benefits so far
TARGET
ACHIEVEMENTS
50% labour from local workforce
67% average to date
500 work placement days in 2015
1967 days
100 apprenticeships
87 to date
£30m local spend
£36.6m to date
We are a part of the community – but we need you
Thank you
Mark Greenhaf
Deputy Governor