HM Inspectorate of Prisons has developed a new and enhanced methodology for inspecting prisons and other places of detention as they seek to move away from the severe restrictions that have been in place since the early stages of the COVID-19 emergency.
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Aggregate report on short scrutiny visits by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (21 April – 7 July 2020)
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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, HMI Prisons has changed the way it is reporting on the treatment of and conditions for people in custody. Information about our short scrutiny visits can be found on our COVID-19 page.
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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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Children in the five Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in England and Wales are more negative about their treatment by staff, time out of cell and access to everyday essentials than those held in Secure Training Centres (STC), according to an analysis of the perceptions of their experiences in 2018-19.
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From 1 February 2020, HMI Prisons will be using revised expectations to assess education, skills and work when on inspection visits.
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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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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. 
