Recommendation 30: Reports accompanying prisoners from court

To avoid prisoners leaving court without being accompanied by bail information reports or pre-sentence reports, the probation officer should ensure that a copy of the report is available for the escort contractor, and there should be someone in court whose responsibility it is to ensure that the dock officer gets it. Escort contractors should have a list of the documents which should accompany prisoners when they leave court, but if a prisoner leaves court without all the documents, the court should ensure that they are sent on to the prison without delay.