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HM Prisons is pleased to announce the publication of its latest report, Separation of children in young offender institutions.
Read more...Many children separated from their peers in young offender institutions (YOIs) are effectively held in harmful solitary confinement, with little human contact and in conditions which risk damaging their mental health, according to a new report.
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We are currently consulting on our Expectations for court custody facilities and welcome feedback by 31 January 2020.
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An announced inspection of HMYOI Feltham, launched in response to disturbing intelligence about the establishment, found an “appalling” decline in standards in the Feltham A children’s unit, according to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. Publishing an inspection report, Peter Clarke said he hoped the Secretary of State for Justice would intervene to bring about lasting change at Feltham A.
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Inspectors found a management team tackling many problems at HMP Lewes – a cramped, Victorian prison in East Sussex – when they revisited to assess progress nearly a year after a disturbing full inspection.
Read more...HMP Liverpool was assessed by inspectors to have improved dramatically in the two years since an inspection in 2017 found an “abject failure” to deliver safe, decent and purposeful treatment and conditions.
Read more...HMP/YOI Portland in Dorset was found to have made no improvement in HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ healthy prison tests since its last inspection, with safety again assessed as poor.
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Coordinated by HMI Prisons, the UK’s NPM is made up of 21 organisations which monitor places of detention to help prevent torture and ill-treatment. 
