Consultancy appointed to design future prisons

Multi-disciplinary consultancy Pick Everard will design the UK’s future prisons under a new appointment from the Ministry of Justice.

The firm has been named as the sole supplier for client designer services to the department’s Future Prison Supply Service Providers Framework.

This will involve supporting capacity expansion across the prison estate, including category A to D, and women’s facilities.

The appointment marks a continuation of Pick Everard’s longstanding relationship with the Ministry of Justice.

In the past five years, this has included working closely on the New Prisons Programme (NPP) including work at HMP Five Wells, HMP Fosse Way, and HMP Millsike, with the latter being the first all-electric prison in the UK.

Jon Parry, operations director at Pick Everard, said: “This is a really proud moment for us at Pick Everard, securing a key appointment to continue our design work with the MoJ.

“Our expertise in the justice sector has ensured designs for prisons that are fit for the future from every perspective, and with each new prison we have continued to refine the reference design to ensure continuous improvement and agility to evolving pressures on the estate.”