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<p>We are investing to make our prisons safer for both prisoners and staff through
a preventative approach, including introducing specialist support and developing bespoke
interventions. Over the next three years we will make available an Enhanced Support
Service (ESS) to 18 prisons, where we find the most violent behaviour. ESS provides
a multi-disciplinary team of a prison officer, mental health nurse and psychologist,
to work with individuals, and address their risk of harm to self and others, intervening
in the most acute situations.</p><p>There has been a positive evaluation about the
impact of ESS in one prison and key learning from the evaluation showed a reduction
in aggressive behaviours. We will continue to evaluate the impact of ESS on violence
and self-harm.</p>
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