1.18 During 2002 Dovegate accrued 3,573 performance penalty points, which against contract translates into a financial deduction of £406,392 (1.5 per cent of the annual payment) (Figure 9). These were mainly for assaults, security breaches and positive drug tests.
1.19 The performances of Rye Hill and Dovegate should be viewed in the context that they have been operational for only a relatively short period of time. In 2001 the Board of Visitors report at Rye Hill said, 'the early months were not easy, but the prison is settling down'.