Her Majesty's Prison Service

The Her Majesty's Prison Service ( roughly translated Prison Service Her Majesty ) is the uppermost Prison Service in England and Wales. The Authority is presented as such to the British Ministry of Justice. The HMPS is responsible for the management and operation of 138 prisons and for the employment of some 44,000 prison staff in these facilities. Organizationally reports to the Director - General of HMPS the Secretary of State for the Home Department, a post which is comparable to the Interior Minister. At the same time he is also the Prisons Minister, a senior official in the Ministry of Justice. Scotland and Northern Ireland run their own law enforcement agencies whose institutions are not subject to the HMPS, but as Her Majesty's Prison ( Her Majesty's Prison ) are referred to.

Purpose and Tasks

" Her Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody Those committed by the courts. Our duty is to look after them with humanity and help them lead law-abiding and useful lives in custody and after release. "

" The Prison Service Her Majesty serves the public by taking those in detention who have been sentenced by the courts. Our job is to look after them humanely and to help them to lead a law-abiding and useful lives in custody and after release. "

Objective of the Authority, then, is to allow the prisoners to rehabilitate and to conclude them at the same time during the period of their detention by the population. This is in conformity with the regulations of the European Union's leadership grounds for detention and conditions, and is handled in a similar way in all European countries.