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HMP Featherstone - offering excellent work, training and education opportunities for prisoners

HMP Featherstone was a very effective training prison but needed to strengthen some of its safety processes, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons as he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the jail near Wolverhampton.

Published: 27 March 2014

HMP Kirkham - an impressive resettlement prison

HMP Kirkham was a very effective prison which successfully addressed the complex needs of some prisoners, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the Lancashire open prison.

Published: 26 March 2014

HMP Liverpool - steady but slow progress

HMP Liverpool was well led and was making steady but slow progress, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons as he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the local jail. HMP Liverpool has had a difficult history with some seemingly intractable problems. However, inspectors were encouraged to find the prison retained a clear […]

Published: 25 March 2014

HMP Belmarsh - too much security, too little purposeful activity

The focus on security that HMP Belmarsh needed for its small group of high-risk prisoners was having a disproportionate impact on its more mainstream population, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the south east London jail.

Published: 21 March 2014

HMP Erlestoke - a well-led and effective prison

HMP Erlestoke was safe, decent and purposeful and well focused on rehabilitation, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the training jail in Wiltshire.

Published: 19 March 2014

HMP & YOI Wetherby - a well led and effective young offender institution

HMP & YOI Wetherby manages a challenging population well, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the Yorkshire young offender institution. HMP & YOI Wetherby was last inspected in early 2012. Since then two units have been mothballed owing to the fall in the national […]

Published: 18 March 2014

HMP Sudbury - an open prison failing in its resettlement role

The challenges of managing the population at HMP Sudbury had been underestimated and the prison was failing in some respects, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the open prison in Derbyshire. HMP Sudbury held 561 adult male category D prisoners at the time of […]

Published: 12 March 2014

National Preventive Mechanism publishes annual report into UK detention

The fourth annual report of the UK’s national mechanism for the prevention of torture and ill treatment in detention (the National Preventive Mechanism, NPM) is published today, giving an overview of its work monitoring detention in prisons, police custody, court cells, customs custody facilities, children’s secure accommodation, immigration, military and secure mental health facilities. The […]

Published: 06 March 2014

HMYOI Werrington - Improvements made, but challenges remain

HMYOI Werrington was working more positively with the young people it held, but still had areas to address, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the young offender institution near Stoke-on-Trent. HMYOI Werrington holds up to 160 boys under the age of 18. During the […]

Published: 05 March 2014

HM YOI Wetherby Keppel unit – high standards of care in a well-run facility

The Keppel Unit at HMYOI Wetherby was extremely well run and provided a model for other specialist units for young people, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the special unit at the young offender institution in West Yorkshire. HMYOI Wetherby’s Keppel Unit, which opened […]

Published: 04 March 2014