Through consultation with the MOJ and police forces across the country, we have developed CODE to provide a better environment for all who engage with it, from staff and visitors to the detainees themselves.

We have achieved this through:

• Incorporation of greater access to natural light in the building
• Clean robust and professional environments
• Improved building acoustics and efficient thermal comfort
• An ordered and logical building that follows natural process flows
• Less reliance on SOPs as building reduces risk
• Compliant, good specification staff facilities

As part of our processes we always return to our completed projects and feedback has highlighted a number of benefits:

• Reduction in staff sick days
• Happier staff
• Improved detainee behaviour
• Working in custody no longer seen as a “punishment” post
• Better compliance in interview leading to better convictions