ABSTRACT
If the need to protect sex offenders from attack has long been recognized by the Prison Service, the need to address the reasons for their offending has only recently been acknowledged. The response of the Prison Service to the growing number of sex offenders in prison was initially focused principally on their need for protection. The report of the Management of Vulnerable Prisoners Working Party considered only the future of Rule 43. Neither it nor any other Prison Service document prior to the Strangeways riot mentioned issues relating to treatment.
