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Inspectors found a mix of “positive and negative features” in the treatment of 34 people escorted from the UK to Pakistan on a Home Office-chartered immigration removal flight.

Published: 28 June 2018

People taken into custody by Thames Valley Police were held in generally clean and well-maintained cells and were treated respectfully, inspectors found. Staff dealt well with many challenging detainees.

Published: 20 June 2018

HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes – where a “staggering” total of 19 men had taken their lives in seven years – was found by inspectors to be struggling to sustain improvement in care for vulnerable prisoners.

Published: 19 June 2018

An X-ray body scanner being piloted at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London resulted in the discovery of weapons, mobile phones and drugs on prisoners and contributed toward a reduction in drugs-fuelled violence, prisons inspectors found.

Published: 12 June 2018

HMP & YOI Low Newton was found by inspectors to have an “immensely complex” female population, ranging from those remanded by courts across a wide geographical area to prisoners serving very long, often indeterminate sentences.

Published: 06 June 2018

HMYOI Werrington, near Stoke-on-Trent, was found by inspectors to be a successful establishment with an “overriding culture” for the 100 boys aged from 15 to 18 of incentive rather than punishment.

Published: 05 June 2018

Northamptonshire Police treated those in detention respectfully, in clean custody suites, and was effective in keeping many children and vulnerable adults out of detention, criminal justice inspectors found.

Published: 01 June 2018