Scrutiny visits
In August 2020, HMI Prisons launched scrutiny visits. These focused on individual establishments and how they were recovering from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scrutiny visits followed on from our programme of short scrutiny visits, which themselves replaced our planned inspection programme in April 2020.
As of May 2021, HMI Prisons has returned to a programme of full inspections.
Resources
Scrutiny visits methodology – adult male prisons (786 kB)
Scrutiny visits methodology – immigration estate (2 MB)
Scrutiny visits methodology – prisons holding women (403 kB)
Scrutiny visits methodology – children’s estate (400 kB)
Health and safety guidance for scrutiny visits – all settings (360 kB)
Scrutiny visits – human rights scoping (2 MB) (An accessible version of this can be provided upon request.)