Introduction
There are five categories of prisoner:
- remand
- short serving
- maintenance
- intervention
- functional support
Procedure
Follow these steps to determine the prisoner's category.
- For all prisoners other than remand, determine the prisoner's risk of re-conviction and re-imprisonment (RoC*RoI) level using the RoC*RoI tool on IOMS.
See: “Category override” later in this chapter for guidelines for determining whether an override is required.
- Use the table below to determine the prisoner’s category.
| To determine if |
then check |
| remand |
- if the prisoner is a remand prisoner, and
- the time spent on remand is longer than 8 weeks.
Note: Assessments need not be completed if time on remand is less than 8 weeks.
|
| short serving |
If time to serve is less than 26 weeks from SCD.
|
| maintenance |
- if RoC*RoI level is “low”, and
- if time to serve is longer than 26 weeks.
|
| intervention |
- if RoC*RoI level is “high”, and
- if time to serve is longer than 26 weeks.
|
| functional support |
See: “Functional support prisoners” later in this chapter.
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