People are needed to help monitor conditions at Haverigg prison.
The Independent Monitoring Boards at HMP Haverigg are looking for members of the local community to join them.
Volunteers are appointed by ministers to perform a vital task: independent monitoring of prisons. They report on whether the individuals held there are being treated fairly and humanely and whether prisoners are being given the support they need to turn their lives around.
The time requirement would be two to three visits per month, together with attendance at a board meeting for one half day each month. No previous experience of the criminal justice sector is required, rather a commitment to working as part of a team to monitor the conditions in the prison.
Ongoing availability and commitment to the role is essential, together with living within 30 miles of the prison.
Once members have received their security clearance, they have unrestricted access to the prison and can talk to any prisoner they wish to, out of sight and hearing of members of staff, if necessary, to monitor day-to-day activity across the establishment.
This provides an opportunity to report on whether individuals are being treated fairly and humanely and whether they are being given the support they need to turn their lives around.
Although this is an unpaid role, travel and subsistence expenses, childcare/carer costs and, in certain circumstances, contributions towards loss of earnings are covered.
Visit www.imb.org.uk to book onto a virtual recruitment event, or to apply.
