Belmarsh Prison
(asked on 2nd September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the waiting time is for a prisoner to be categorised at HM Prison Belmarsh.
This question was answered on 10th September 2014
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) policy on prisoner categorisation is set out in Prison Service Instruction 40/11 (Categorisation and Re-categorisation of adult male offenders). Policy requires that all adult male prisoners are assigned a security category within four working days of the prison receiving the information required for the assessment.