Abbreviations and acronyms
Working within the prison sector can be incredibly rewarding, but the landscape is full of acronyms, abbreviations and jargon.
Here is a list of some abbreviations that you might come across:
Abbreviation | Meaning |
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ACE | Assistant Chief Executive (of Probation) |
ACO | Assistant Chief Officer (of Probation) |
ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers |
ACRO | ACPO Criminal Records Office |
AD | Absolute Discharge |
AMHP | Approved Mental Health Practitioner |
ARMS | Active Risk Management System |
AP | Approved Premises |
ARD | Automatic Release Date |
ASSET | The Youth Justice Board Assessment Framework |
BASS | Bail Accommodation and Support Service |
BCU | Basic Command Unit (Police) |
BOTUS | Breach of Top Up Supervision (Post Sentence Supervision) |
BTP | British Transport Police |
CAADA | Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (obsolete - now called SafeLives) |
CCD | Criminal Casework Directorate |
CD | Conditional Discharge |
CJA 1991 | Criminal Justice Act 1991 |
CJA 2003 | Criminal Justice Act 2003 |
CJIA 2008 | Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 |
CJCSA 2000 | Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 |
CMG | Change Management Group |
CNC | Civil Nuclear Constabulary |
COP | Contracted-Out Prison |
CPA | Care Programme Approach/ Child Protection Agency |
CPS | Crown Prosecution Service |
CPPC | Critical Public Protection Cases |
CRC | Community Rehabilitation Company |
CRD | Custodial Release Date |
CSP | Community Safety Partnership |
CTA 2008 | Counter Terrorism Act 2008 |
CTSA 2015 | Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 |
CTO | Community Treatment Order |
DPS | Dynamic Purchasing System (Correctly: PE PDS - Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System) |
DTC | Duty To Co-operate |
DTO | Detention and Training Order |
DVCV Act 2004 | Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004 |
ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
EM | Electronic Monitoring |
EPIC | Electronic Probation Information Centre |
EPP | Extended sentence for Public Protection |
ERCG | Early Release on Compassionate Grounds |
ERDG | Equality, Rights and Decency Group |
FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
FLO | (Police) Family Liaison Officer |
FNO | Foreign National Offender |
FNP | Foreign National Prisoner |
FTO | Foreign Travel Order |
FTR | Fixed Term Recall |
FTRO | Foreign Travel Restriction Order |
FTT | First Tier Tribunal (Mental Health) |
GLD | Government Legal Department |
GPMS | Government Protective Marking Scheme |
GPPP | Gibraltar Public Protection Panel |
HDC | Home Detention Curfew |
HDCED | Home Detention Curfew Eligibility Date |
HMIC | Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary |
HMIP | Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons |
HO | Home Office |
HOIE | Home Office Immigration Enforcement |
HMG | Her Majesties' Government |
HMPS | Her Majesty's Prison Service |
HRA | Human Rights Act 1998 |
IAC | First Tier Immigration and Asylum Chamber |
ICO | Information Commissioners Office |
IDVA | Independent Domestic Violence Adviser |
IOM | Integrated Offender Management |
IPP | Indeterminate Sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection |
IRC | Immigration Removal Centre |
IRMT | Interdepartmental Risk Management Team |
IS91 | The document which authorises the detention of an FNP following the end of the custodial period of the sentence. |
JMAPPA | Jersey Multi Agency Public Protection Agency |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
LASPO | Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 |
LED | Licence Expiry Date |
MALRAP | Multi-Agency Lifer Risk Assessment Planning Meeting |
MAPPA | Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements |
MARAC | Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference |
MAT | Multi-Purpose Ankle Tag |
MDO | Mentally Disordered Offender |
MHA 1983 | Mental Health Act 1983 |
MHCS | Mental Health Casework Section |
MIG | MAPPA Improvement Group |
MoJ | Ministry of Justice |
MOSOVO | (Police) Management of Sex Offenders Violent Offenders |
NCOP | National College of Policing |
NFA | No Fixed Abode |
NOMS | National Offender Management Service |
NOMIS | National Offender Management Information System (Incorrect term - see P-NOMIS) |
NPIA | National Policing Improvement Agency (Obselete - see NCOP) |
NPCC | National Police Chiefs Council |
NPD | Non Parole Date |
NPS | National Probation Service |
NUG | National User Group |
OASys | Offender Assessment System |
OGP | Open Government Partnerships |
OGRS | Offender Group Reconviction Scale |
OLASS | Offenders' Learning and Skills Service (withdrawn from 2019) |
OIS | Offender Information System |
OM | Offender Manager |
OMA | Offender Management Act 2007 |
OMU | Offender Management Unit (within Prisons) |
OMPPG | Offender Management and Public Protection Group |
ORA | Offender Rehabilitation Act |
OS | Offender Supervisor |
ORA | Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 |
OSCT | Office for Security and Counter Terrorism |
OVP | OAsys Violence Predictor |
PEF | Prison Education Framework (from 1 April 2019, replaces OLASS) |
PPANI | Public Protection Arrangements for Northern Ireland |
PPO | Prison and Probation Ombudsman |
PCA 2009 | Policing and Crime Act 2009 |
PED | Parole Eligibility Date |
PI | Probation Instruction |
PLW | Partner Link Workers (attached to DV programme) |
PNC | Police National Computer |
PND | Police National Database |
P-NOMIS | Prison - National Offender Management Information System |
PO | Probation Officer |
PPCS | Public Protection Casework Section |
PPM | Public Protection Manual |
PPO | Prolific (and other) Priority Offenders |
PPUD | Public Protection Unit Database |
PSI | Prison Service Instruction |
PSNI | Police Service of Northern Ireland |
PSO | Prison Service Order |
PSR | Pre-Sentence Report |
PSS | Post Sentence Supervision |
PVL | Prison Video Link |
RANSG | Responsible Authority National Steering Group |
RC | Responsible Clinician |
RF | Radio Frequency |
RM2000 | Risk Matrix 2000 |
RMP | Risk Management Plan / Royal Military Police |
RO | Responsible Officer |
RoR | Risk of Reoffending |
RoSH | Risk of Serious Harm |
RoTL | Release On Temporary Licence |
RSHO | Risk of Sexual Harm Order (Obselete - see SOPO) |
RSO | Registered Sexual Offender |
RUG | Regional User Group |
SARA | Spousal Assault Risk Assessment |
SARN | Structured Assessment of Risk and Need |
SCPO | Serious Crime Prevention Order |
SCR | Serious Case Review |
SED | Sentence End Date |
SFO | Serious Further Offence |
SHPO | Sexual Harm Prevention Order |
SLED | Sentence and Licence End Date |
SMB | Strategic Management Board |
SO | Sex Offender |
SO | Supervising Officer |
SOA 2003 | Sexual Offences Act 2003 |
SOPO | Sexual Offences Prevention Order |
SPO | Senior Probation Officer |
SPOC | Single Point Of Contact |
SRO | Sexual Risk order |
TACT | Terrorism Act 2000 |
T-Sol | Treasury Solicitors (Obselete - see GLD) |
TUS | Top Up Supervision (Post Sentence Supervision) |
TUSED | Top Up Supervision End Date (Post Sentence Supervision) |
UAL | Unlawfully at Large |
UKBA | UK Border Agency (Obselete - see HOIE) |
VCS | Victim Contact Scheme |
VLO | Victim Liaison Officer |
VOO | Violent Offender Order |
WSW | Womens Safety Worker (attached to DV programme) |
YJB | Youth Justice Board |
YO | Young Offender |
YOI | Young Offender Institution |
YOT | Youth Offending Team |