The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not hold records of employees charged with all types of criminal activity.<\/p>
Whilst the vast majority of its staff are honest and hard working, NOMS is committed to detecting, deterring and disrupting all corrupt behaviour by individuals working in prisons. A dedicated NOMS Corruption Prevention Unit was set up to ensure staff corruption is identified and tackled. As part of this work NOMS has compiled a central record of staff convicted of criminal offences which meet the NOMS definition of corruption.<\/p>
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The NOMS definition is: Corruption occurs when a person in a position of authority or trust abuses their position for their or another person\u2019s benefit or gain. This would include the misuse of their role in order to plan or commit a criminal act, or a deliberate failure to act to prevent criminal behaviour.<\/p>
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The central record does not therefore include all types of criminality as not all offences meet the definition.<\/p>
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There were 23 convictions for corruption-related offences during 2013. A breakdown of the different sentences is provided below.<\/p>
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Sentences<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4 years 6 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4 years imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 3 years imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1 year 9 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1 year 4 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1 year 1 month imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1 year imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 9 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 8 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 6 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 10 months imprisonment<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 12 month custodial sentence suspended for 2 years.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 11 months custodial sentence suspended for a year<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 9 months custodial sentence suspended for 12 months, 200 hours community service<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 8 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years and a 6 month residency order<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years, 100 hours unpaid work<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 12 months Community Order, 150 hours unpaid work<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 100 hours community service and 12 months probation<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Community Order. Ordered to pay £85 costs and £60 to complainants<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The total number of convictions by year for corruption-related offences is shown in the table below. The number of convictions has remained broadly constant over the last five years.<\/p> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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