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Press notice for reports published week commencing 20 March 2023

Published: 20 March 2023

Inspectors returning to HMP Aylesbury found a prison thrown into chaos by changes to its role made in response to national prison population pressures.

Published: 14 March 2023

Press notice for reports published week commencing 6 March 2023

Published: 06 March 2023

Press notice for reports published week commencing 20 February 2023

Published: 20 February 2023

Inspectors returning to HMP Exeter were so concerned by the high rates of suicide and self-harm, inadequate care for vulnerable new arrivals and oversight of health care that they issued an Urgent Notification within days of completing the inspection.

Published: 16 February 2023

Press notice for reports published week commencing 6 February 2023

Published: 06 February 2023

Acutely mentally unwell women were being held in cells with scratches and bloodstains on the wall, evidence of previous occupants’ distress, an inspection report into HMP/YOI Eastwood Park has found. The treatment and conditions in houseblock 4, which held those under supervision, in segregation, or awaiting transfer to a secure mental health facility, were described by one experienced inspector as the worst he had ever seen.

Published: 03 February 2023

Children in custody feel safer than ever before but are isolated from their friends and families and are continuing to receive inadequate education post-pandemic, a new report confirms.

Published: 25 January 2023

Press notice for reports published week commencing 23 January 2023

Published: 23 January 2023

A prison that houses high-risk sex offenders is failing to prepare effectively for their release into the community, a new report confirms.

Published: 17 January 2023