Safer Custody Group

Safer Custody Group is part of the Health Partnership division of National Offender Management Service (NOMS). Its main focus and responsibilities is for Safer Custody Policy development, this includes Safer Prisons and accommodation for offenders, Suicide Prevention and Violence Reduction. It is also the department that manages and supports NOMS partnership with Samaritans. Safer Custody Advisors work in each prison area and they also have some responsibility for supporting the Samaritans' relationship with the Prison Service at regional and local level.

National Offender Management Service (NOMS)

The National Offender Management Service in the Home Office was established in 2004. Its objective is to reduce re-offending, which at the time of writing (April 2006) is around 60%. NOMS manages the Probation Service, Prison Service and works with external agencies to produce policies and services which manage offenders from 'end-to-end' of their sentence, i.e. from the time they enter the Criminal Justice System to resettlement once their sentence has been served.

For more information, visit:

www.noms.homeoffice.gov.uk

www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk