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Her Majesty's Prison Service is a part of the National Offender Management Service of Her Majesty's Government tasked with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales. (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own prison services: the Scottish Prison Service and the Northern Ireland Prison Service, respectively.) The Director-General of the National Offender Management Service, currently Michael Spurr, is the administrator of the prison service. The Director-General reports to the Secretary of State for Justice and also works closely with the Prisons Minister, a junior ministerial post within the Ministry of Justice. It has its head office in Clive House. It formerly had its head office in Cleland House in the City of Westminster, London. The British Overseas Territory of Bermuda's HM Prison Service (renamed the ''Department of Corrections'' in 2002) was a separate organisation. ==Operation== In 2004, the Prison Service was responsible for 130 prisons and employed around 44,000 staff. As of 2009 the number of prisons had increased to 131, including 11 privately owned prisons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Performance ratings ) 〕 The Service's statement of purpose states ''"Her Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody those committed by the courts. Our duty is to look after them with humanity and help them lead law-abiding and useful lives in custody and after release."'' The Ministry of Justice's objective for prisons seeks ''"Effective execution of the sentences of the courts so as to reduce re-offending and protect the public"''. Population statistics for the Service are published weekly. Statistics available for 4 July 2014 showed the service housed 85,428 prisoners: 81,429 males and 3,936 females.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prison population figures: 2013 )〕 The over 60's are the fastest growing age category and Professor David Wilson, of Birmingham City University is concerned that there is no strategy to deal with them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Her Majesty's Prison Service」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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