Guidance

Prisoner Discipline Procedures (Adjudications): PSI 05/2018

Rules and guidance for prison staff on how to carry out a disciplinary hearing when a prisoner is alleged to have broken prison rules before 31 May 2024.

From:
Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service
Published
27 January 2020
Last updated
13 May 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Prisoner discipline procedures (adjudications): PSI 05/2018)

PDF, 1.25 MB, 117 pages

Adjudication process flowchart

ZIP, 294 KB

DIS forms

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Refusal to Attend Forms

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MR1: Notice of report form

PDF, 32.9 KB, 2 pages

Independent Adjudication Forms

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Details

PSI 05/2018 only applies where a prisoner has been charged and/or an adjudication hearing has begun before 31st May 2024 and includes rules and guidance for prison staff on how to carry out a disciplinary hearing when a prisoner or child held in a YOI is alleged to have broken Prison or YOI Rules. For adjudications begun on or after 31 May 2024, these must be completed in compliance with the Adjudications Policy Framework.

This PSI contains general guidance and detailed information about the duties and roles of prison and YOI staff when laying a disciplinary charge and carrying out a disciplinary hearing (adjudication) if a prisoner (or child held in a YOI) is alleged to have broken Prison or YOI Rules.

It includes information on administering, scheduling and conducting:

  • governor adjudications
  • independent adjudications
  • it also includes details about the role and powers of adjudicators and the types of punishments that can be given out

This PSI came into effect on 1 February 2019 and only applies to charges before 31 May 2024.

This is a current PSI. It came into effect on 1 February 2019. It was last updated 5 May 2023.

Updates to this page

Published 27 January 2020
Last updated 13 May 2024 + show all updates

  1. PSI and text updated.

  2. PSI and annexes updated, IA forms and flowchart updated.

  3. DIS forms updated and Refusal to Attend Forms folder published.

  4. DIS forms updated.

  5. PSI and annexes updated.

  6. Updated DIS forms

  7. PSI and DIS forms updated.

  8. Flowchart, DIS and IA forms published.

  9. First published.

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