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Chief Inspector announces new independent reviews of progress in troubled jails

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP), Peter Clarke, has announced an important series of new follow-up visits to failing and unsafe prisons designed to give the government an independent assessment of how much progress has been made in improving the treatment and conditions for prisoners.

Independent Reviews of Progress (IRPs) will start in April 2019 and reports will be published 25 days after the visits.

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HMI Prision

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Learn about our remit and values and the role of the Chief Inspector. Read the Urgent Notifications we have issued and find out about our Independent Reviews of Progress.

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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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Download inspection reports, thematic reports and research, annual reports and business plans, including those carried out with other inspectorates.

Our Expectations

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

HMYOI Cookham Wood

Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood (10–20 December 2018)

Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre

Report on an unannounced inspection of Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre (19 November - 7 December 2018)

Manchester Airport residential short-term holding facility

Report on an unannounced inspection of the residential short-term holding facility at Manchester Airport (3 January 2019)

Manchester Airport Terminal 2 short-term holding facility

Report on an unannounced inspection of the short-term holding facility at Manchester Airport Terminal 2 (4 January 2019)

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