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HMP Manchester - some improvements but progress slow and weak in key areas

…re developed because Ministers wanted an independent assessment of how far prisons had implemented HMI Prisons’ recommendations following particularly concerning prison inspections. IRPs are not inspections and do not result in new judgements against our healthy prison tests. Rather they judge progress against the key recommendations made at the previous inspection. The visits are announced and happen eight to 12 months after the original inspecti…

Published: 11 July 2019

Too much violence, drugs and inactivity in prisons but independent scrutiny having more impact - Chief Inspector in 2018-19 report

…te positive outcomes for those detained and the public. HM Inspectorate of Prisons regularly inspects prisons, young offender institutions, immigration removal centres, immigration short-term holding facilities and overseas escorts and court custody. We inspect police custody suites and Border Force customs custody jointly with HMI Constabulary and secure training centres jointly with Ofsted. By invitation, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons also carri…

Published: 09 July 2019

Daily life

…eal. Catering arrangements and menus take into account the need to promote healthy eating as part of a healthy lifestyle. Children have access to drinking water (including at night) and the means of making a hot drink after evening lock up. Children have access to healthy snacks in between main meals. Children are consulted about the menu and can make comments about the food. Children are given the opportunity to cater for themselves. Cross refere…

Published: 28 January 2019

HMP Hull – reasonably good across all areas but should address weaknesses including self-harm and diversity

…In 2018, it was again assessed as reasonably good in all four HMI Prisons ‘healthy prisons’ tests – safety, respectful treatment, purposeful activity (including training and education), and rehabilitation. “In the context of the challenges faced by the prison system in recent years, this was not an insignificant achievement,” Mr Clarke added. Most prisoners – in a population ranging from young adults to the elderly, with sex offenders making up 43…

Published: 07 August 2018

Frequently asked questions

…blishment. We work with a range of partners. Who is the Chief Inspector of Prisons? The Chief Inspector of Prisons is Charlie Taylor. Who works at HM Inspectorate of Prisons? Six inspection teams work under the Chief Inspector and Deputy Chief Inspector. Each team specialises in inspecting a specific type of establishment, for example, young offender institutions, immigration removal centres and adult women’s or men’s prisons. Our inspection staff…

Published: 25 February 2014

HMP Pentonville – poor progress since troubling inspection in 2019

…rs. For more on IRPs please see https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/about-hmi-prisons/independent-reviews-of-progress-irps/ 5. At this HMP Pentonville IRP visit we followed up 15 of the 39 recommendations from our most recent inspection and Ofsted followed up three themes. HM Inspectorate of Prisons judged that there was good progress in one recommendation, reasonable progress in three recommendations, insufficient progress in five…

Published: 12 March 2020

Prison holding serious offenders is issued with Urgent Notification, with highest rate of serious assaults on officers and chronic staff shortages

…ind out more about Urgent Notifications. HM Inspectorate of Prisons is an independent inspectorate, inspecting places of detention to report on conditions and treatment and promote positive outcomes for those detained and the public. Please email media@hmiprisons.gov.uk if you would like more information. HMP Woodhill healthy prison assessments since 2014 Safety Respect Purposeful activity RRP 2023 1 2 1 2 2021 1 2 1 2 2018 1 3 1 3 2015 2 3 3 3 20…

Published: 01 September 2023

HMP Nottingham – impressive improvement in a prison that was unsafe for many years

…he courts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. 4. HMI Prisons assesses adult prisons against four ‘healthy prison tests’ – safety, respect, purposeful activity and rehabilitation and release planning. There are four grades – good (4), reasonably good (3), not sufficiently good (2) and poor (1). In 2018 Nottingham scored 1-2-2-2. In 2020 it scored 2-3-2-3. 5. Notable features from this inspection: following our last full inspection in 2018, Nottingha…

Published: 07 April 2020

HM Inspectorate of Prisons Annual Report 2013/14 - prisons less safe, warns Chief Inspector

…latter part of the year. Inspections also found that: in contrast to male prisons, women’s prisons had made sustainable improvements and almost all outcomes were reasonably good or good; the welcome fall in the number of children in young offender institutions continued, from 1,708 in 2012-14 to 1,334 in 2013-14, however the reduced population is a more concentrated mix of boys with both great vulnerability and sometimes very violent behaviour; w…

Published: 21 October 2014

HMP Hull - an impressive culture of reform, but prisoners still locked up for most of the day

…re developed because Ministers wanted an independent assessment of how far prisons had implemented HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ recommendations following particularly concerning prison inspections. IRPs are not inspections and do not result in new judgements against our healthy prison tests. Rather they judge progress being made against the key recommendations made at the previous inspection. The visits are announced and happen eight to 12 months a…

Published: 26 April 2022