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HMP East Sutton Park - safe decent and effective

HMP East Sutton Park provides very good outcomes for the women it holds and the public as a whole, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an announced inspection of the women’s open prison in Kent. HMP East Sutton Park is one of only two women’s open prisons. It holds only […]

Published: 27 April 2012

HMP/YOI Littlehey - more stable and performing well

HMP/YOI Littlehey was a safer prison and the young adult side was now more stable, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the Cambridgeshire training jail. HMP/YOI Littlehey contains two adjacent but distinct sites: an adult category C training prison and a new young offender training establishment […]

Published: 25 April 2012

HMYOI Cookham Wood - significant improvements

Staff at HMYOI Cookham Wood should be commended for the progress they are making, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an announced inspection of the young offender institution in Kent. At HMYOI Cookham Wood’s last inspection in 2009, inspectors described the establishment as frightening and unsafe. In 2010, inspectors noted […]

Published: 18 April 2012

HMP Durham - some improvements, but more work needed to tackle drugs

HMP Durham needed to tackle the availability of drugs, though it had seen some improvements in other areas, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an announced inspection of the local north east jail. Recent inspections of Durham prison have identified slow progress against a backdrop of some significant concerns, and […]

Published: 17 April 2012

Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre - Some progress, despite expansion, but more to do

Harmondsworth had managed to maintain standards despite doubling in size, but significant improvements were still needed in some areas, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the removal centre near Heathrow. Previous inspections over recent years have recorded steady progress at Harmondsworth, after a second disturbance at […]

Published: 11 April 2012

HMP Dartmoor - some progress, but more to do

HMP Dartmoor was a safer prison but more work was needed, particularly in the provision of purposeful activity for prisoners, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an announced inspection of the Devon training jail. HMP Dartmoor has been severely criticised by the Inspectorate in recent years. At its last inspection […]

Published: 04 April 2012