From the Danish Prison and Probation Service
Please click on "english" then click on "A Programme of Principles for Prison and Probation Work in Denmark" then scroll down to "Principles" and click on " 4. SECURITY"
4. SECURITY Prison and probation work shall ensure that the sentence of the court is carried out with due attention paid to the protection of the community from crime as well as protecting the inmate from aggression or damaging influences emanating from other persons. The principle of security is chiefly of weight in relation to the enforcement of imprisonment. The purpose of security is partly to ensure that the sentence is carried out and partly to prevent inmates from committing further offences during the period of imprisonment or in connection with granted absence from the prison. It is important to keep in mind that the maintenance of security has multiple aspects. It does not depend on physical barriers and technical means alone (passive security) but also on the staff's personal contact with inmates and its knowledge of what is going on in the institution (dynamic security). The security principle is also relevant to work in connection with community sanctions. In this context the aim is to provide supervision which will lessen the risk of fresh criminality and violation of the rights of others to the greatest possible extent. The principle is therefore of importance for the control aspects of the work of the probation service.
In Wales under British control:
A FORMER Cardiff prison governor has accused the government of breaking a promise that only carefully-vetted prisoners, who were unlikely to be violent, would be placed in court cells.
The British system has failed.
Like Denmark, Wales must have it's own accountable Prison and Probation service fit for purpose, serving the needs of the Welsh people.