Prison Service Orders (PSOs)
There are a number of rules, regulations and guidelines by which prisons are run. These are outlined in Prison Service Instructions (PSIs) and Prison Service Orders (PSOs).
These were issued until 31 July 2009. They were mandatory instructions with no expiry date, and remained in force until cancelled. Existing PSOs will remain in force until replaced.
PSO Numerical Index (PDF 0.14mb)
Subject Index (PDF 0.13mb)
Prison Service Orders are long-term mandatory instructions which are intended to last for an indefinite period. The following PSOs are currently in force.
All Prison Rules (Legislation website)
All YOI rules (Legislation website)
0160 - magistrates training visits to prisons
0400 - corporate issues chapter 2 prisoners information book
0400a - corporate issues chapter 1 flags
0905 - operation of the police national computer
1025 - the person escort record
1030 - video links from courts
1215 - professional standards preventing and handling staff wrongdoing
1801 - production of prisoners at the request of the police
1810 - maintaining order in prisons
2205 - offender assessment and sentence management
2350 - housing needs assessment
2400 - democratic therapeutic communities
2510 - prisoners requests and complaints procedures
2600 - legal issues relating to prisoners
3050 - continuity of healthcare for prisoners
3100 - clinical governance quality in prison healthcare
3601 - mandatory drugs testing
3625 - testing of external drug workers
3802 - management of inadvertent exposure to asbestos
3806 - display screen equipment health and safety issues
3842 - radiation safety for dental and medical x ray equipment
3843 - radiation safety xray equipment
4190 - strategy for working with the voluntary and community sector
4350 - effective regime interventions
4360 - correctional services accreditation panel
4400 - prisoner communications - chapter 3
4445 - civil partnerships4455 - requests from prisoners to change their name
4480 - prisoners representative associations
4600 - unconvicted unsentenced and civil prisoners
4615 - prolific and other priority offenders strategy
4625 - productions in civil proceedings
4650 - prisoners voting rights
4695 - DNA sampling of prisoners
4700 - indeterminate sentence manual
4960 - detention under section 92
5010 - prison service catering
5800 - estate management chapter 1
5901 - maintenance of prison service buildings
6000 - parole release and recall
6101 - bail information schemes
6300 - release on temporary license (ROTL)
7100 - KPI, KPT and additional measures
7700 - procurement and materials management
7850 - interface between ccg and area managers
8260 - custodial care NVQ levels 2 and 3
8404 - management of attendance
8525 - poa local dispute resolution
8550 - staff grievance procedures after 30th March 2009
8800 - corporate image & uniform
8805 - identification of prison staff
9020 - data protection act 1998 and freedom of info act
9025 - archiving and retention policy
9030 - handling and approval of requests for it
