We have published a new edition of our Expectations which are specific to the treatment and conditions experienced by women in custody. This edition aims to focus more clearly on key outcomes for women in prison, while acknowledging important findings from recent reviews and reports and drawing on current thinking about what constitutes good practice. […]
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Nearly a year after COVID-19 restrictions were introduced into prisons, this report explores the effect they have had on all aspects of prisoners’ lives.
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This report provides a cross-system view of how the criminal justice system reacted in the immediate aftermath of the first national COVID-19 lockdown (23 March to 10 May 2020), and of how the system has managed since.
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I took up my post as Chief Inspector of Prisons in November and it is frustrating that because of the pandemic, I still have not been able to meet many of the team face-to-face. Despite this, I have been enormously impressed by the dedication of the staff at HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the vast […]
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In the week beginning 15 February 2021, HMI Prisons inspectors visited Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent and Penally Camp in Pembrokeshire. These sites are currently being used as asylum accommodation.
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