Fourteen months after HM Inspectorate of Prisons suspended its programme of full inspections as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has announced that full inspection visits will resume on 10 May 2021.
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In the last six weeks, HMI Prisons has particularly focused on open prisons, conducting scrutiny visits at Ford, Thorn Cross, East Sutton Park and North Sea Camp. Open prisons have been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 restrictions because they have largely been unable to fulfil their main function – preparing prisoners for release. In […]
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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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HMI Prisons reports on treatment and conditions in prisons and other places of detention. In our reports, we provide examples of notable positive practice that inspectors have observed while on inspection. We define notable positive practice as: “innovative practice or practice that leads to particularly good outcomes from which other establishments may be able to […]
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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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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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