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HMP Maidstone – jail for foreign nationals calm but growing drugs problem must be addressed

HMP Maidstone, holding nearly 600 foreign national prisoners, was found to be calm and well-ordered but the jail was warned not to be complacent about worrying signs of an increasing drugs problem.

Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, said: “It was good to see what we have recorded as good practice in the use of incentives and earned privileges.” However, Mr Clarke added: “I would sound a note of caution about the…impact of illicit drugs."

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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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Find out which establishments we inspect and the frequency of our visits. Learn about the inspection process and how we produce our reports.

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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

Latest reports

HMP Maidstone

Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Maidstone (8, 9, 15–19 October 2018)

HMP Durham

Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Durham (24 September–5 October 2018)

HMP Featherstone

Report on an announced inspection of HMP Featherstone (1–5 October 2018)

Management and supervision of men convicted of sexual offences – thematic report

An HMI Probation-led thematic inspection about the management and supervision of men convicted of sexual offences (January 2019)

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