Prison Dialogue

Funding

We are pleased to acknowledge funding and support from the organisations listed below, without which the PPO Threshold Dialogue Pilot would not have been possible.

• Dorset Criminal Justice Board
• Tudor Trust
• John Paul Getty Foundation
• Mulberry Trust
• Network for Social Change
• Awards for All, National Lottery
• Dialogue Associates

What is the Midlands Threshold Dialogue?

Given the success of the Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue (which was initiated in 2007 and based on what we learnt from the PPO Threshold Dialogue Pilot which ran between 2004 and 2007), Prison Dialogue is looking for a location in the Midlands to replicate a similar venture in 2009.  An appraisal is currently taking place to determine three favourable options, from which to choose one new location.  See the Appraisal Criteria page for details of this selection process. Read more »»

Appraisal Criteria

The Midlands Threshold Dialogue will replicate the basic concept of end-to-end offender management realised in the PPO pilot and Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue – but there will be scope for significant variation according to local need and opportunity. The pilot was specifically for PPOs, whilst the Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue covers all offenders who will be released into Bournemouth with the opportunity to choose which category of offender to give most attention.  In the Midlands either of these approached could be chosen, or attention could be given primarily to family relationships in and out of prison, an employment chain that starts in prison and ends in the community, or some other core resettlement value.

For the initial identification of potential sites, we have been referring to the following:

• Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to identify communities that score poorly
• The release patterns of local and trainer prisons in relation to those communities
• HM Inspector of Prisons Reports to identify establishments that have been directed to attend to a   limited resettlement capability
• Opportunities for two prisons to work together in relation to a particular community
• The mileage between potential prison and community dialogues
• Prisons where we can add most value in a sustainable way through Threshold Dialogue

Prisons and Communities that believe they may meet these criteria are welcome to apply to participate in this initiative.

What is the Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue?

The Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue, which was initiated in 2007, is a ground-breaking multi-agency venture.  Its significance is that it has the potential to provide real end-to-end offender management for all offenders from one town. This enables attention to be given to particular target groups, such as high repeat offenders who are not on the PPO register and hence below the radar of most interventions.  Once it is fully operational, it will engage every prisoner who is released into Bournemouth from HMP Dorchester and HMP Guys Marsh (the two main release prisons for the city).  Read more »»

Partner Agencies

The following agencies are currently directly involved in the Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue.  

•  Dorset Police – Bournemouth and Poole Division
•  Bournemouth Borough Council – Safer and Stronger Communities
•  HMP Dorchester
•  HMP Guys Marsh
•  HMYOI Portland
•  Dorset Probation Service
•  HM Courts Service
•  Crime Reduction Initiative – Dorset 
•  Bournemouth Churches Housing Association
•  Prison Dialogue

This list is likely to expand as the intervention matures.

Governance Board

• Gary Smith,  Dorset Police
• Andy Williams, Team Manager – Safer and Stronger Community, Bournemouth Borough Council
• Governor - HMP Dorchester
• Governor – HMP Guys Marsh
• Tina Ridge, Head of Adult Services – Dorset Probation Service
• Steve Holland, Governor – HMYOI Portland
• Jayne Robertson, Chair of Operations Group, Bournemouth Borough Council
• Peter Garrett, Director – Prison Dialogue

Operations Group

• Neil Claughton, Detective Inspector – Bournemouth and Poole Division, Dorset Police
• Jayne Robertson (Chair) , Safer and Stronger Communities Team - Bournemouth Borough Council:
• Tim Ellis, Head of Reducing Re-offending – HMP Dorchester
• Kieran Scanlan, Head of Interventions – HMP Guys Marsh
• Stephen Joyce, Crime Reduction Initiative, Dorset
• Karen Wood, Co-ordinator – Drug and Alcohol Action Team, Bournemouth
• Chris Snelling, Co-ordinator – Drug and Alcohol Action Team, Bournemouth
• Peter Monaghan, Magistrate – HM Courts Service, Weymouth
• Des Persse, Head of Homelessness, Substance Misuse & Offender Management Services - BCHA
• Elaine Morgan, PPO Lead – Dorset Probation Service
• Mike Porter, Head of Resettlement – HMYOI Portland
• Jane Ball, Co-ordinator – Prison Dialogue

Session Reports – HMP Dorchester

Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue sessions are held in five locations – prison dialogues at HMP Dorchester, HMP Guys Marsh and HMYOI Portland and community dialogues at two locations in Bournemouth.

Session reports are compiled by the facilitators and checked with participants before being distributed for prison notice boards and a wider readership.

Prison Dialogue Sessions – HMP Dorchester – a selection of reports can be found below

2011 Sessions

HMP Dorchester 5 April 2011 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 8 February 2011 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 11 January 2011 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 4 January 2011 (pdf)

2010 Sessions

HMP Dorchester 8 November 2010 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 2 November 2010 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 26 October 2010 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 19 October 2010 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 21 September 2010 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 14 September 2010 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 7 September 2010 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 6 July 2010 (pdf)
HMP Dorchester 15 June 2010 (pdf)

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Session Reports – HMP Guys Marsh

Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue sessions are held in five locations – prison dialogues at HMP Dorchester, HMP Guys Marsh and HMYOI Portland and community dialogues at two locations in Bournemouth.

Session reports are compiled by the facilitators and checked with participants before being distributed for prison notice boards and a wider readership.

Prison Dialogue Sessions – HMP Guys Marsh – a selection of reports can be found below

2010 Sessions

HMP Guys Marsh 3 August 2010 (pdf)
HMP Guys Marsh 27 July 2010 (pdf)
HMP Guys Marsh 6 July 2010 (pdf)
HMP Guys Marsh 22 June 2010 (pdf)
HMP Guys Marsh 27 April 2010 (pdf)
HMP Guys Marsh 16 March 2010 (pdf)

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Session Reports – HMYOI Portland

Bournemouth Threshold Dialogue sessions are held in five locations – prison dialogues at HMP Dorchester, HMP Guys Marsh and HMYOI Portland and community dialogues at two locations in Bournemouth.

Session reports are compiled by the facilitators and checked with participants before being distributed for prison notice boards and a wider readership.

Prison Dialogue Sessions – HMYOI Portland – a selection of reports can be found below

2010 Sessions

HMYOI Portland 15 November 2010 (pdf)
HMYOI Portland 5 November 2010 (pdf)
HMYOI Portland 8 October 2010 (pdf)

2009 Sessions

HMYOI Portland 5 November 2009 (pdf)
HMYOI Portland 8 October 2009 (pdf)
HMYOI Portland 15 September 2009 (pdf)