Talk:HM Prison Service

Untitled

As far as I can tell, england still operates one prison boat, HMP The Weare, off the coast of Portland in Dorset. Any information on this?

Fair use rationale for Image:HMPS logo.gif

Image:HMPS logo.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 06:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Full

The prisons are now full. Should this be added? Source: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23441092-details/Jack+Straw+evicts+600+prison+officers+from+their+homes...and+moves+convicts+in+to+ease+jails+crisis/article.do —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.254.75.90 (talk) 16:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Her Majesty vs. HM

Like a similiar debate on the HMRC, shouldn't the Prison Service article be titled HM Prison Service rather than Her Majesty's? Even their logo states HM rather than the full title. It makes sense to do this and maybe define HM in the article itself. It would put it in line with Royal Naval vessels, as they are entered in Wikipedia (quite correctly) as HMS only. Xtrememachineuk (talk) 08:15, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

shouldn't all these be Her/His majesty's it only makes sense and will future proof the documents --212.69.56.91 (talk) 07:14, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Xtrememachineuk - it should be referred to as HM Prison Service. This title could be extended to Her Majesty's Prison Service but as with HMRC and HM Treasury, this is not how it is usually referred to. It should certainly not be "His/Her Majesty's" as it is not His Majesty's Prison Service and will not be until the UK has a reigning King. 92.235.145.96 (talk) 13:53, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

The organisation is legally known as Her Majesty's Prison Service (see among others). I have changed the text in the main article to reflect this. It is not Wikipedia's role to rename organisations simply for our own convenience. Thom2002 (talk) 07:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Languages

Here is a listing of documentation in other languages in regards to HM Prison Service: http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/resourcecentre/publicationsdocuments/index.asp?startrow=1&cat=103&id=166,154,1,166,0,0 WhisperToMe (talk) 23:11, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/assets/documents/10004ADFprisonsonlymap_A3.pdf is a map of prisons. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:37, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to one external link on Her Majesty's Prison Service. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/20090726115128/http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk:80/abouttheservice/performanceratings/ to http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/abouttheservice/performanceratings/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 11:58, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Article is dominated by relentless criticism

By my own calculation, the "Criticism" section makes up 58% of the words in the article. Even if the criticism section was actually balanced, this would still be unacceptable. This article needs to provide a broad overview on how English and Welsh prisons are run and it can include as part of that the issues facing them. I'm well aware that riots, overcrowding and underfunding have been an issue in the past year. Any thoughts on how these issues can be better presented? If there's no reply, I will get to work editing. Anywikiuser (talk) 15:04, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Her Majesty's Prison Service. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20040117025237/http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/ to http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20040115043812/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=756 to http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=756

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 17:15, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Her Majesty's Prison Service. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20160106115756/http://www.higherlearningatwork.org/portfolio/from-skills-for-life-to-higher-learning to http://www.higherlearningatwork.org/portfolio/from-skills-for-life-to-higher-learning

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 06:34, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Minister Responsible needs to be updated

The minister responsible is no longer the person specific in the article, as of the recent government reshuffle. 5.151.133.169 (talk) 07:18, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 30 July 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 17:56, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

---

His Majesty's Prison Service → HM Prison Service – The name does not meet WP:COMMONNAME or WP:ACRONYMTITLE. The organisation as per their own website states and the logo is HM Prison Service. News organisations call it HN Prison Service . We already have HM Revenue and Customs using the initials, and HM Coastguard has just been moved based on the same argument. Davidstewartharvey (talk) 19:01, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Support per nominator. Killuminator (talk) 20:01, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

• Support per nom and WP:COMMONNAME per Ngrams. DankJae 01:07, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
• Support as above and as per COMMONNAME. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:15, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.