The Prolific and other Priority Offenders Strategy
Good Practice
Examples of Good Practice
These examples have been provided by regional Government Offices as demonstrating effective working practice in delivering the Prolific and other Priority Offenders Strategy.
London Model Guidance
The 4th Edition of Model Guidance for setting up and running PPO schemes for adult offenders in London was published in June 2007 and is available to download.
4th Edition of the London Model Guidance 
(Portable Document Format 350KB)
PPO Offender Management in Custody
Eastern Prison Service Area
The Eastern Prison Service Area have developed two policy documents for managing PPOs in custody:
Eastern Prison Service Area PPO policy document (Portable Document Format 173KB)
Eastern Prison Service Area PPO policy audit document (Portable Document Format 89KB)
South West Prison Service Area
The South West Prison Service area has developed the following policy documents for managing PPOs in custody. These have been adpoted as examples of good practice by the Prison Service nationally:
South West Region high level process flowchart (Portable Document Format 60KB)
South West Region process activities for the end to end management of PPOs in custody (Portable Document Format 86KB)
Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Prison Service Area
Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Prison Service Area have developed the following audit document for managing PPOs in custody:-
Thames Valley, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Prison Service Area Audit of PSO 4615 (Portable Document Format 241KB)
The Newcastle Prolific and other Priority Offender Scheme
Read about the innovative approach to supervision and monitoring in Newcastle (Portable Document Format 68KB)
Norwich Central Area PPO scheme
Norwich Central Area Action Plan (Portable Document Format 331KB)
The London Evaluation Report
The Crime Reduction and Community Safety Research Group at London Southbank University have conducted an evaluation of the PPO Programme in four London Boroughs.
An Evaluation of the Prolific and other Priority Offender Programme In four London Boroughs (Portable Document Format 488KB)
Intensive Recidivist Intervention Scheme (IRIS)
The University of Oxford conducted an evaluation of the IRIS Project in 2005 and have recently published 'Continuing to display effectiveness: an evaluation report on 3 years of the IRIS Project'.
The University of Oxford Evaluation of the IRIS Project (Portable Document Format 558KB)
The University of Oxford 'Continuing to display effectiveness' report (Portable Document Format 340KB)
Kent and Medway Resettlement Programme
Kent and Medway operating Procedures (Portable Document Format 363KB)
The Stockport Pyramid Project and Targeted Offender Project
Read about the approach to PPO and alignment with the Drug Interventions Programme in the Stockport:
The Stockport Pyramid Project in the North West (Portable Document Format 81KB)
The Stockport Targeted Offender Project in the North West (Portable Document Format 75KB)
Bexley PPO scheme
The Bexley PPO scheme in London (Portable Document Format 52KB)
Hastings Identified Prolific and other Priority Offenders (HIPPO) Group
The Hastings PPO group in the South East (Portable Document Format 45KB)
Hastings and Rother Prolific Offender Scheme (HARPOS)
The Hastings and Rother Prolific Offender Scheme in the South East (Portable Document Format 41KB)
Merton Prolific Offender Group
The Merton Prolific Offender Group in London (Portable Document Format 59KB)
Bolton PPO scheme
The Bolton scheme in the North West (Portable Document Format 26KB)
Rochdale PPO scheme
The Rochdale PPO scheme in the North West (Portable Document Format 125KB)
Transfer notification form - Halton PPO scheme
The Halton PPO scheme transfer notification form (Portable Document Format 91KB)
North Wales PPO case study examples
North Wales case study examples (Prtable Document Format 68KB)
Southend Prevent and Deter Strategy
The Southend Prevent and Deter Strategy (Portable Document Format 276KB)
Last update: Monday, February 11, 2008