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Security categorisation is a risk assessment process the purpose of which is to ensure that those sentenced to custody are assigned the lowest security category appropriate to managing the risks they present both to the community and in custody.

Effective security categorisation is fundamental to risk management and ensuring good order is maintained. It supports HMPPS’s duty to implement the sentences of the courts; protect the public; and provide a safe, secure and ordered environment that enables the provision of rehabilitative services, training, treatment and progression through the prison system.