Consultation responses
HMI Prisons responds to a range of consultations and inquiries. This page includes a selection of those written responses.
2021
- Submission to the APPG on Women in the Penal System inquiry into women’s health and wellbeing (195 kB)
- Submission to the Justice Select Committee inquiry into women in prison (201 kB)
- Submission to the Justice Select Committee inquiry into mental health in prison (180 kB)
- Response to NHS England, NHS Improvement and HM Prison and Probation Service’s review on National Women’s Prisons Health and Social Care (195 kB)
- Submission to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry into violence against women and girls (195 kB)
- Joint submission to the Education Select Committee inquiry into prison education with Ofsted (333 kB)
2020
- Response to Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) second annual inspection of ‘Adults at Risk’ in immigration detention (246 kB)
- Submission to the Ministry of Justice consultation, Strengthening the Independent Scrutiny Bodies through Legislation (316 kB)
2019
- Joint submission to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry into Macpherson: 20 years on with HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (231 kB)
- Response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration call for evidence on ‘Adults at Risk’ in immigration detention (118 kB)
- Submission to the Justice Select Committee inquiry into prison governance (123 kB)
- Submission to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee (National Assembly for Wales) inquiry into the provision of health and social care in the adult prison estate (244 kB)
- Submission to the Justice Select Committee inquiry into children and young people in custody (334 kB)
- Joint submission to the Justice Select Committee inquiry into children and young people in custody with HM Inspectorate of Probation (302 kB)
- Submission to Justice Select Committee inquiry into the ageing prison population (294 kB)
2018
- Response to the Commission on Justice in Wales’ review of the Criminal Justice System in Wales (211 kB)
- Submission to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into prison healthcare (158 kB)
- Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into youth detention: solitary confinement and restraint (281 kB)
- Response to Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs inquiry into custody-community transitions (428 kB)
- Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into immigration detention (134 kB)
2017
- Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry on support for ex-offenders (122 kB)
- Submission to the Justice Select Committee inquiry into transforming rehabilitation (113 kB)
- Submission to the Justice Select Committee inquiry into prison population 2022: planning for the future (190 kB)
- Submission to JCHR inquiry on mental health and deaths in prison (131 kB)
2016
- Response to NICE consultation on the physical health of people in prison (99 kB)
- Submission to Justice Committee inquiry into prison reform (129 kB)
- Response to Review of the Youth Justice System interim report of emerging findings (78 kB)
- Response to the Work and Pensions Committee Support for Ex-offenders Inquiry – Barriers to employment (87 kB)
2015
- Response to NOMS consultation on segregation review (41 kB)
- Response to Justice Committee inquiry on young adult offenders (94 kB)
- Response to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry on new psychoactive substances (87 kB)
- Submission to the Parliamentary inquiry into the use of immigration detention in the UK (109 kB)
- Response to Senedd drugs and alcohol inquiry (148 kB)
- Response to the authorised professional practice consultation – mental health (69 kB)
2014
- Response to Secure College Rules consultation (92 kB)
- Response to National Assembly Wales New Psychoactive Substances inquiry (244 kB)
- Submission to the Harris Review: Independent Review into Self-inflicted Deaths in NOMS Custody of 18-24 Year Olds (105 kB)
- Response to Welsh Affairs Committee on Welsh prisons and offenders inquiry (106 kB)
- Response to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drug’s inquiry on diversion and illicit supply of medicines (79 kB)
- Response to the Public Administration Select Committee on accountability of quangos and public bodies (73 kB)
- Response to the Justice Committee inquiry on prisons policy and planning (114 kB)
- Response to the Home Office consultation on immigration detention of people with mental health issues (81 kB)
- Response to the authorised professional practice consultation on detention in custody (81 kB)
2013
- Response to PSI on eligibility of foreign national prisoners to ROTL and open conditions (88 kB)
- Response to Home Office consultation on rescheduling of tramadol (91 kB)
- Response to the Transforming Management of Young Adults in Custody consultation (261 kB)
- Response to the Home Office on the treatment of 17-year-olds in police custody and the translation and interpretation of essential documents for non-English-speaking detainees (82 kB)
- Response to Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into proposed legal aid reforms (112 kB)
- Response to the Transforming Youth Custody consultation (103 kB)
- Response to the Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (39 kB)
- Response to the Transforming Legal Aid consultation (116 kB)
2012