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HMP Bedford – urgent intervention needed by Justice Secretary to tackle dangerous lack of control

After the inspection at Bedford, the Chief Inspector has invoked the Urgent Notification Protocol, which enables him to bring significant problems in a jail to the Justice Secretary's attention.

Mr Clarke wrote: “The clear view of the Inspectorate is that immediate and decisive intervention is needed at HMP Bedford to avert further decline and an even more dangerous lack of control than is currently the case.”

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Read about our remit and values and the role of the Chief Inspector. See the Urgent Notifications we have issued and find out more about the process.

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Explore the criteria we use for assessing the treatment of detainees and conditions in detention. Discover examples of good practice in men's prisons.

National Preventive Mechanism

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. Find out more about the NPM

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CJJI business plan 2018/19

This plan sets out the inspections of the Criminal Justice System for 2018/19 in which two or more of our inspectorates will be working together.

Drumkeen House short-term holding facility

Report on an unannounced inspection of the short-term holding facility at Drumkeen House (5 June 2018)

Larne House short-term holding facility

Report on an unannounced inspection of the short-term holding facility at Larne House (6 June 2018)

HMP Bedford Urgent Notification

HMP Bedford Urgent Notification letter, issued on 12 September 2018, and inspection debriefing paper

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