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 Category B adult male prison situated in East Yorkshire. This private prison was opened in 1992 and is run by GSL

PRISON INDUSTRY

It is our aim at HMP Wolds to address issues by teaching prisoners the work ethic and motivate them to work in an industrial environment.

Prisoners at HMP Wolds work for 7 hours per day, 35 hours a week in a range of activities that requires them to be both self-reliant and part of a team. Most of our prisoners achieve personal satisfaction from the responsibility they are given and are pleased to be involved as peer trainers, inductors, quality control inspectors and health and safety monitors. Training is given by the suppliers and us to attain the necessary standards and output, and quality demanded by individual contracts.

The companies that put work into HMP Wolds have been pleasantly surprised by the quality and consistency of the workforce and their attitude to work.

Prisoners are a mine of untapped potential.
HMP Wolds has one Maintenance Shop

Our main workshop is a partnership project with Vulcan Windows. Prisoners are trained to produce UPVC windows acquiring skills that are compatible with those skills needed in the industry.

Running the workshop, as a commercial business not only gives prisoners practical experience in a working environment it also installs a positive work ethic and improves their chances of employability.

The prison also has a Digital Media centre operated by Summit Media (see below), one of only two centres of their kind in the world.

To find out the advantages that attracted these enterprises to work with us, please do not hesitate to contact the Enterprise Manager who will be happy to explain.
Vulcan Windows makes ovc doors and windows
As our base of skills develops so does our ability to take on more complex work from our existing customers and attract new companies and their products.

For more information please contact:
Head of Interventions
Tel  +44 (0)1430 421588 - ext. 3156


Summit Media

Summit Media are a digital media company who run part of their operation from within the prisons. Their staff at HMP Wolds are made up of up to 25 highly trained prisoners who have completed a full training program in order to work in this highly skilled area. The media centre produces website and online marketing services to companies doing business on the web.

The aim of the business is to provide commercial clients with the best possible creative and business solutions whilst giving the prisoners employed by Summit a realistic chance of employment on release. Summit Media have three media centres in the UK and one in Prague, Summit Media also operate another Media Centre at HMP Rye Hill, also run by GSL, bringing the number of staff employed to over 70 throughout the company.



workers enjoy a unique opportunity to learn new skills in the media centre
Workers enjoy a unique opportunity to learn new
skills in the media centre

Summit Media are responsible for the design and development of this site.

Summit Media Contact
For more information please contact:
HMP Wolds Media Centre

Tel   +44 (0)1430 425807
Fax  +44 (0)1430 425808

Email: hedley@summitmedia.co.uk


RailTrack

Prisoners are able to take part in a training initiative to put them on track for job opportunities after release with the help of the prison's own railway line.

A 120 foot standard gauge line complete with a junction has been installed inside the prison grounds. It will support training that will enable prisoners to acquire practical skills and a national vocational qualification leading to realistic prospects of well paid full time work.

The 10 week course includes practical skills training for certificates of competency in the use of a range of small plant and equipment together with safety and track work, leading to a City & Guilds level 2 national vocational qualification in railway engineering. The course has been devised in conjunction with a specialist training organisation Trackwork who supply the instructors and equipment. It will enable prisoners to find work in the railway industry or in other areas of engineering that require similar skills.

This is the only initiative of its type in a closed prison. The idea came from within the prison's resettlement team. It is being overseen by the prison's head of interventions Les Manton who is responsible for managing a range of prisoner support to reduce the risk of re-offending, including learning and skills development, employment and resettlement.