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Electronic tagging is being considered in Guernsey | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
It's thought it could help reduce the numbers of people | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
in custody, particularly those on short sentences. | :00:23. | :00:24. | |
It's one idea mentioned in a new prison report which looks | :00:25. | :00:26. | |
at some of the changes over the past year, as Penny Elderfield explains. | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
The start of another day at Guernsey prison. | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
I've been here for 18 months, it's not too bad. | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
You wouldn't choose to be here, it's hard emotionally and mentally. | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
I've focused on what I'm going to do when I leave, | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
and how this might be a change in my life. | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
Michael's one of around 90 prisoners here. | :00:49. | :00:50. | |
And whilst focusing on how he could change, there've been quite | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
New security measures, training opportunities and now this. | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
This is the new wing area that we were talking about. | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
This new female wing is the latest development. | :01:05. | :01:12. | |
We had an external inspection that said we needed to separate | :01:13. | :01:14. | |
the female to male areas, that is exactly what we have done. | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
Even though the numbers are low, this wing will hold six women | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
and it will safeguard if the numbers increase again. | :01:21. | :01:29. | |
Generally the number of prisoners is down. | :01:30. | :01:30. | |
Around 30%, in fact, on 2012 figures. | :01:31. | :01:32. | |
And the prison governor does have a plan to cut that further. | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
Electronic tagging, allowing people to serve their sentences | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
It's widely used in other jurisdictions for low-risk prisoners | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
Imprisonment is very expensive and you have to question the benefit | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
of that to the island if someone is sent here for a very short time. | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
So it gives an alternative, should the courts wish to use it. | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
It's a change Home Affairs will consider to help reduce | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
Although realistically it'll take more than just | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
A lot of people come and you won't see them again. | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
Sometimes, it's for people's life experience to bring | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
about that change rather than the prison itself. | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
A 55-year-old man from Jersey who admitted posting a highly | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
offensive comment on Facebook about Syrian refugees | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
Dale Minikin from St Peter was sentenced | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
An online discussion on a Facebook page centred on a play at the Jersey | :02:35. | :02:42. | |
Arts Centre featuring Syrian refugees. | :02:43. | :02:44. | |
There were a number of posts but the short comment | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
from Dale Minikin was singled out by the police because it suggested | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
It accepted that he had no intention of violence | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
The magistrate called it a fleeting moment of stupidity | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
but he should've realised it was grossly offensive | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
and could have encouraged violence by others. | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
Jersey's Children's Services has seen a big increase | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
Last November, 244 cases were reported to the department | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
responsible for protecting vulnerable children. | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
That figure is double the monthly average. | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
Usually this department sees around 100 children a month | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
who may need protection, but the end of last year saw | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
what officials are calling an unprecedented rise in calls. | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
It may well be that there's been an increase due to the white ribbon | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
campaign that ran in November about awareness | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
Other things as well, we had some other risk | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
assessments that we were doing, and we were also doing some | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
assessments of children with quite complex needs so a few factors | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
but hard to pin it on one particular thing. | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
And the rise has also been noticed this children's charity. | :04:06. | :04:08. | |
We have children from all different aspects, from the Bosdet Foundation | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
through Social Services and Children's Services and other | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
I think we had a 20-30% increase last summer, | :04:15. | :04:23. | |
and Christmas again there was another increase so it's | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
definitely been increasing as the months have gone on, | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
To cope with the demand at Children's Services, social | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
Plus the department is looking to recruit another 20 professionals. | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
But this is during a national shortage of social workers. | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
My caseload is quite high at the moment, so there is that need | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
to prioritise but that's the case, no matter how many cases you have. | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
And we're fortunate to work in a profession where people | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
It's also hoped a social work degree will become available in the island. | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
And ?6 million will be injected into the department this year. | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
But officials admit coping with such a high number | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
The club at the centre of a dispute in women's football | :05:05. | :05:13. | |
in the Channel Islands has written to the Jersey and Guernsey Football | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
Associations to try to get this year's Muratti re-instated. | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
The 2017 match between the two islands was cancelled | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
because the Guernsey FA couldn't convince enough women to register. | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
Many of the top players represent Ormer Ladies in the UK. | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
But now 18 Ormer players have agreed also to sign for Guernsey-based | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
clubs Sylvans and Rovers, making them eligible | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
If the GFA accept their applications and I can't see any reason why | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
they would not want to, then they are eligible to play, | :05:49. | :05:50. | |
I believe, unless the rules have been changed, so hopefully the issue | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
that they raised on Wednesday we have gone some way to solving. | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
You're up to date with the news for the Channel Islands | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
I will leave you with the forecast and David Braine. | :06:05. | :06:12. | |
We really need to wrap up warm this weekend. It is a bitterly cold | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
We really need to wrap up warm this weekend. It is a bitterly cold | :06:19. | :06:19. | |
easterly wind, even stronger on Sunday. Cloudier times and the risk | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
of wintry showers. Some of those have been round this evening. A few | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
more to come tomorrow. They are light, scattered, but a risk | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
nonetheless. On Sunday, see how tightly packed the isobars are, | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
strong winds for a time. On Monday, things warm up slowly and gradually | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
but taking their time before they arrive. A few showers possible | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
overnight tonight. They tend to fade away for a time. Cloud cover but | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
breaks developing, temperatures down to 1 degrees, are forced as possible | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
first thing and it really does feel cold tomorrow. We will struggle with | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
our temperatures. You can see a scattering of showers, most of which | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
will be rain, some sleet, one or two isolated showers will fall as snow | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
and it is not very warm with a top temperature of three degrees. On | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
Sunday, it is slightly less cold but there is more wind around so perhaps | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
you won't notice the difference. Monday and Tuesday week, we started | :07:23. | :07:29. | |
temperatures rise. That is all from me. Goodbye. | :07:30. | :07:30. | |
exception to that rule probably over the hills where again there could be | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
a bit of snow, but not accumulating. Another | :07:36. | :07:37. |