The Northern Ireland Prison Service was formed on the 21st of January 2020 to serve as the prison service for Northern Ireland. No affiliation with real life.
Under the declaration by Group Management, the Northern Ireland Prison Service has been dissolved. We thank everyone for following us during this time and we wish everyone good will.
Weekly fact: HMP Magilligan has a Segregation unit. This is where we place prisoners who are violent or a danger to others. This can be for a short amount of time after an episode, or on a permanent basis as part of an Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme.
Weekly Fact: Where Her Majesty's Prison Service and the Scottish Prison Service contract private agencies for prisoner transport duties, the Northern Ireland Prison Service has their own staff and fleet for this.
Our organisation awards two medals: The Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal (for five months of meritous service) and the Prison Services (Operational Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for one year of meritous service)
Most people will never come into contact with the prison system, so to show you what we do, from next week on we will be posting facts about how the prison runs twice a week.
The Governor of HMP Magilligan met with the First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive today to discuss the future of the Prison Service and the legislature required for it to run.
Had an amazing meeting with Chief Fire Officer airfixtom39_alt of the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service about fire safety and the protocol that will be followed should a fire break out in HMP Magilligan.
Today I did a Control & Restraint session for our staff; some were new Operational Support Grades and some were experienced Prison Officers.
We did cell extractions, wing disorder, and dirty protests. All in all, our staff have got some valuable experience from this session.
Welcome to the Northern Ireland Prison Service's Twitter page.
The discord is not shared with anyone other than staff members.
The current Governor of HMP Magilligan and National Overseer of NIPS is @windsor_dr