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Report published week commencing 4 December 2023

Press notice for report published week commencing 4 December 2023

Published: 04 December 2023

Chronic staff shortages underpinning problems with drugs, violence and self-harm at HMP Woodhill

A report on Woodhill prison published today reveals the full scale of problems that led HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to write to the Secretary of State for Justice in August to invoke an Urgent Notification about the state of the jail.

Published: 28 November 2023

Violence and self-harm continue to rise as youth custody continues to struggle to recover from the pandemic

Two reports published today paint a bleak picture of youth custody in England and Wales. While the number of children in custody continued to fall in 2022-23, levels of violence and self-harm rose by just over a quarter and a third respectively.

Published: 21 November 2023

Fifth prison in a year issued with an Urgent Notification for improvement as inspectors find violence, squalid conditions and spiralling self-harm

Conditions at HMP Bedford, a category B reception prison, had deteriorated so sharply since the last inspection that the Chief Inspector of Prisons issued an Urgent Notification for improvement within days of finishing the inspection on 9 November 2023.

Published: 17 November 2023

Reports published week commencing 13 November 2023

Press notices for reports published week commencing 13 November 2023

Published: 13 November 2023

Report published week commencing 30 October 2023

Press notice for report published week commencing 30 October 2023

Published: 30 October 2023

HMP Lindholme: serious drug problems and staff shortages hampering work to prepare high-risk offenders for release

An inspection of HMP Lindholme, a category C prison in South Yorkshire, has found that, rather than working to reduce the risk of reoffending, it was failing to provide high-risk prisoners with access to the interventions, education or training that they needed ahead of release, and many of them were developing drug problems while they were there. 

Published: 24 October 2023

Bristol prison remains one of the most unsafe in the country

A report on Bristol prison published today sets out in greater detail the concerns that led to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons writing to the Secretary of State for Justice in July to invoke an Urgent Notification for improvement.

Published: 17 October 2023

Report published 12 October 2023

Press notice for report published 12 October 2023

Published: 12 October 2023

Report published week commencing 9 October 2023

Press notice for report published week commencing 9 October 2023

Published: 09 October 2023