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HMP Holme House had made some solid improvements but needed to go further, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the local jail near Stockton-on-Tees. Holme House is a large prison holding around 1,150 prisoners. Its last inspection in 2010 was broadly positive although the prison faced […]

Published: 31 January 2014

Police custody in Devon and Cornwall was generally positive and detainees were commendably well cared for, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection. The inspection was part of a national programme of joint inspections of police custody. Devon and Cornwall was […]

Published: 30 January 2014

HMP Norwich had improved in some important areas but much remained to do, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of the local Norfolk jail. HMP Norwich is an overcrowded local prison holding a complex mix of remand and sentenced prisoners and young adults. The prison was split across three distinct sites […]

Published: 29 January 2014

HMP Grendon was an important national resource working with some very serious offenders, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the training jail and therapeutic community in Buckinghamshire. HMP Grendon is based on the concept that democratic therapeutic communities, run by both staff and prisoners, […]

Published: 28 January 2014

HMP Wayland had improved but some significant weaknesses needed addressing, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the Norfolk training prison HMP Wayland holds around 1,000 men and was last inspected in 2011. This recent inspection found that the prison was reasonably safe. Staff-prisoner relationships were the […]

Published: 22 January 2014

HMP Parc served prisoners and the public well, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the local prison in South Wales. HMP Parc is one of the largest prisons in England and Wales and at the time of inspection it held 1,326 prisoners, as well as 57 […]

Published: 21 January 2014

Harmondsworth needed to focus on the needs of the most vulnerable men it held, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection of the immigration removal centre near Heathrow airport. At its last inspection in 2011, inspectors found a centre that was working hard to sustain improvements after opening […]

Published: 16 January 2014

Police custody in Barking and Dagenham was among the best provision we have seen in the Metropolitan Police Service, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection. The inspection was part of a national programme of joint inspections of police custody. It […]

Published: 07 January 2014

Police custody in Havering was generally positive, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an unannounced inspection. The inspection was part of a national programme of joint inspections of police custody. It looked at the custody suite serving the London Borough of Havering within […]

Published: 07 January 2014