Notes from the Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group (RR3) Special Interest Group on Covid-19

These notes summarise discussions held in the meeting of the RR3 Covid-19 special interest group (SIG) on 6th October 2021.

The group were joined by David Liddemore, HMPPS; Razina Khan, Ministry of Justice; Daniel Bell, Ministry of Justice; and Thomas Scott, HMPPS.

They discussed progress across the secure estate towards fewer Covid-19 restrictions in accordance with the National Framework. They also discussed the removal of regime mitigations in the male prison estate including: additional pin credit, supplementary food packs, limiting the use of basic prisoner pay, no TV rental charge and temporary mobile pin payments.