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compliance with Prison Rules or the NSF which could leave the Governor
vulnerable to challenge.
Amber recommendations - non-compliance to a lesser extent; however
remedial action must still be taken in these areas as they could potentially
lead to serious breaches.
Figure 14 Total Red, Amber & Green Recommendations Resulting From Prison Inspections
2012-2014
600
500
400
223
155
143
240
245
273
82
65
76
2012
2013
2014
93 inspections
88 inspections
100 inspections
5.8
5.2
4.9
300
200
100
0
Average no. of recommendations
per inspection
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Green recommendations - represent good practice or areas where the
efficiency and effectiveness of the process could be improved.
11.22 This year 15.5% of the recommendations were red, 55.5% amber and 29% green.
11.23 Figure 15 shows the breakdown of the 2014 recommendations by category.
11.24 79% of the recommendations fell into 1 key category – procedures for the
monitoring of prisoners telephone calls and mail. There are four distinct areas of failings
in this category.
11.25 First, failings were identified with the authorisation and / or review procedures.
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