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HMP/YOI Lewes was a generally safe and decent prison but needed more meaningful work and training for prisoners, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the Sussex local jail. HMP/YOI Lewes provides a mixture of traditional and more modern accommodation and has grown in recent years, now […]

Published: 27 March 2013

HMP Winchester had deteriorated sharply, but new leadership was starting to tackle its problems, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an announced inspection of the Hampshire local prison. Recent inspections have found HMP Winchester performing reasonably well. This inspection found the prison had deteriorated sharply and was now […]

Published: 20 March 2013

HMP Foston Hall needed to improve the work it did to resettle women prisoners back into the community, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced short follow-up inspection of the Derbyshire women’s prison. HMP Foston Hall remained a multi-purpose prison, holding a mix of remanded prisoners, those […]

Published: 19 March 2013

HMYOI Werrington had a number of strengths, but staff needed to raise their expectations of the young people held there, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the young offender institution near Stoke-on-Trent. HMYOI Werrington holds up to 160 boys, most of whom were 16 or 17 […]

Published: 12 March 2013

HMP Forest Bank was a safe and decent prison but needed more work, education and training for prisoners, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the Manchester local jail. Forest Bank holds up to 1,364 adult and young adult male prisoners and operates in a challenging inner […]

Published: 06 March 2013

Police custody provision in Merseyside was generally good but more attention needs to be paid to treatment and conditions in the suites themselves, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection. The inspection was part of a national programme of joint inspections […]

Published: 01 March 2013