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Response by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to Justice Select Committee report on HMP Liverpool

Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, welcomed the report and recommendations published by the Justice Select Committee following its hearing on HMP Liverpool.

Published: 16 February 2018

Response by Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, to the Secretary of State’s letter responding to the issuing of the first Urgent Notification after the inspection of HMP Nottingham

On 17 January 2018, Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, issued the first Urgent Notification letter under a new protocol which requires the Secretary of State for Justice to take public responsibility for improvements in a jail found to have serious and significant problems.

Published: 14 February 2018

Police custody in Cambridgeshire – generally impressive care but concerns remain over strategic governance

Detainees in custody in Cambridgeshire were held in reasonably good physical conditions with “generally impressive” care and attention from staff, inspectors found in 2017.

Published: 08 February 2018

HMP Lindholme – welcome safety improvements but still too many drugs and too much violence in a jail with a high organised crime population

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has questioned whether HMP Lindholme in South Yorkshire is a suitable place to hold high numbers of prisoners with organised crime connections who are determined to “ply their trade” in jail. The prison has a lengthy perimeter and a severe and intractable drugs problem, with high levels of violence.

Published: 06 February 2018

HM Armed Forces Service Custody Facilities – detainees receive good treatment in good facilities

Detainees in short-term armed forces service custody facilities (SCF), used by the Army, Navy and RAF, were well cared for and felt safe, an inspection by HM Inspectorate of Prisons found.

Published: 01 February 2018

Peterborough women's prison – respectful but undermined by deteriorating safety and concerns over force and strip-searching

Peterborough jail for women was found to be “not sufficiently” safe for prisoners, the first time in a number of years that a women’s jail was assessed at this level, according to HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP).

Published: 23 January 2018

HMP Liverpool – an abject failure by leaders to provide a safe and decent jail

Prison leaders, from local to national, presided over an “abject failure” to provide a safe, decent and purposeful regime at HMP Liverpool, according to Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

Published: 19 January 2018

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons demands action from Secretary of State for Justice over “fundamentally unsafe” Nottingham prison

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has demanded that the Secretary of State for Justice intervenes to ensure urgent action to save lives and protect fearful prisoners in the “fundamentally unsafe” HMP Nottingham.

Published: 18 January 2018

HMYOI Cookham Wood – cumbersome security keeps boys locked up when they should receive education and therapy

Education and therapy for boys at Cookham Wood young offender institution (YOI) was undermined by a custody regime which kept them locked in cells while skilled and enthusiastic professionals waited for them in empty rooms, prisons inspectors found.

Published: 09 January 2018

HMP Swansea – complacency and inexcusable failure to address suicides and high self-harm, says Chief Inspector

HMP Swansea had a ‘complacent and inexcusable’ approach to the safety of vulnerable prisoners, failing to respond effectively to high levels of self-harm and suicides of new prisoners, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) found.

Published: 04 January 2018