Wendy Sinclair-Gieben

Wendy Sinclair-Gieben is a public servant and former teacher who has served as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland since July 2018.[1] She is the eighth person and first woman to hold the post.[2]

Career

Sinclair-Geiben was educated in Scotland and holds a Bachelor of Education and a master's degree in Criminology and Management from the University of Cambridge. Following an initial career in teaching, working with children with special needs in the Northern Territories of Canada, she transferred to public sector in 1998, working in criminal justice, immigration detention and healthcare management. She was a prison governor for HM Prison Service in England & Wales from 1998 to 2006. She then moved into the private sector, serving as a prison director[lower-alpha 1] with Serco, first at HMP Kilmarnock and, from 2009, in Australia, including at the Wanadoo Reintegration Facility for young men in Perth, WA.[3] Her appointment as HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in succession to David Strang was announced by the Scottish Government in May 2018 and she took office the following July.

In recognition for her work in rehabilitation and reintegration, she has received the Lord Justice Woolf award for Resettlement and the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia award for Operator and Service Provider Excellence.[1]

Other work

Sinclair-Gieben has worked as a non-executive director of the charity NOFASD, which raises awareness and provides support to families living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Australia.[1]

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References
  1. The equivalent of the governor in a private prison
  1. "HMIPS 'Who We Are'". www.prisonsinspectoratescotland.gov.uk. HMIPS. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ""Holyrood Magazine 'First female chief inspector of prisons for Scotland appointed"". www.holyrood.com. Holyrood Magazine. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. "Scottish Government, New Chief Inspector of Prisons'". news.gov.scot. Scottish Government. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
Government offices
Preceded by
David Strang		 Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
since 2018		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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