Unparalleled opportunities for personal and professional development. Locations throughout the UK. Lots of scope to move internally. The opportunity to lead and manage under intense pressure. To take tough decisions in difficult situations. To take responsibility for the people under your command and serve society at large.

Welcome to the Prison Service Intensive Development Scheme. Welcome to an extraordinary career.

We want to give you the clearest possible picture of what it means to join the Prison Service as a future leader on the Intensive Development Scheme (IDS). If this is your first visit to this site, we recommend that you begin your journey at Perception and follow the navigation as it moves up through the subsequent levels.

The Prison Service is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of ethnic origin, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other irrelevant factor.