| HMP Shotts |
| Establishment | : | HMP Shotts | |
| Address | : | Cantrell Road | |
| : | Shotts | ||
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ML7 4LE 
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| : | Scotland | ||
| Telephone | : | 01501 824000 | |
| Fax | : | 01501824001 | |
| Description | : | HMP Shotts is a maximum-security prison for long term adult male prisoners. The prison is situated in countryside south of the M8 motorway near the Lanarkshire village of Shotts. Purpose built in 1978 it caters for long term male prisoners (sentences of 4 years & over) who are transferred from other establishments and who require to be kept secure conditions.
HM Prison Shotts includes two national facilities within its establishment: the National Induction Centre (115 adult male prisoners) and Kerr House (52 Adult male prisoners). The National Induction Centre (NIC), is a national facility and holds approximately 115 adult male prisoners who are in the initial stages of sentences of 8 years or over and prepares them for eventual movement to mainstream establishments. It provides a supportive regime for all prisoners (excluding sex offenders) sentenced to life or 8 years or over during the first 3 - 6 months of their sentences, and other prisoners may be taken where a spell in the NIC is considered beneficial. The regime is intended to assist prisoners to cope with the personal consequences of their offending behaviour and the impact of their sentence. It seeks to prepare them for transfer to mainstream within the context of the Sentence Management model. That process is informed by risk and needs assessment work carried out, with the prisoners' involvement, during their time in the NIC. |
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