Northern Ireland Prison Service

Northern Ireland Prison Service
Executive Agency overview
Formed1 December 1921[1]
JurisdictionNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom
HeadquartersDundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3SU
Employees1,554[2]
Minister responsible
Executive Agency executives
  • Beverley Wall, Director General
  • David Kennedy, Director of Prisons
Parent departmentDepartment of Justice
WebsiteOfficial Website
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Northern Ireland Prison Service's jurisdiction
Dundonald House is the current headquarters for the Prison Service

The Northern Ireland Prison Service is the agency charged with managing prisons in Northern Ireland.

It is an executive agency of the Department of Justice, the headquarters of which are in Dundonald House in the Stormont Estate in Belfast.[3]

The service's stated aim is "to improve public safety by reducing the risk of re-offending through the management and rehabilitation of offenders in custody".[4]

It is distinct from His Majesty's Prison Service, which manages most prisons in England & Wales, and the Scottish Prison Service, which manages most prisons in Scotland.

  1. ^ Challis, Jim (1 January 1999). The Northern Ireland Prison Service 1920-1990 A History. Northern Ireland Prison Service. ISBN 978-0-9537364-0-9.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Prison Service Headquarters" Archived 11 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Northern Ireland Prison Service. Retrieved on 30 May 2010.
  4. ^ "About the Northern Ireland Prison Service". Retrieved 2023-08-13.