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HM Chief Inspector of Prisons welcomes new ‘Urgent Notification’ agreement with potential to strengthen the impact of inspections in failing jails

Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, has welcomed a new process allowing him to publicly demand urgent action by the Secretary of State for Justice to improve jails with significant problems.

Published: 30 November 2017

Staffing problems impact negatively on children in custody, many feel unsafe and some groups are over-represented, says chief inspector

Staffing problems meant far too many boys were locked up in cells nearly all day in young offender institutions, according to an annual report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on the experiences of detained children aged 12 to 18.

Published: 22 November 2017

HMP Northumberland - prison's many plans and strategies yet to have an effect on high violence, lack of safety and drugs

HMP Northumberland, a large training prison, had high levels of violence, with more than a quarter of prisoners feeling unsafe, and severe drugs problems, according to an HM Inspectorate of Prisons report.

Published: 21 November 2017

Yarl’s Wood – significant improvements in conditions but concerns over vulnerability of detainees

Conditions for detainees, mostly women, in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre had improved significantly in the two years since a previous highly critical report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, inspectors found in 2017.

Published: 15 November 2017

HMP North Sea Camp – a safe jail mixing sex offenders and other prisoners with little violence or hostility

HMP North Sea Camp, a category D resettlement prison near Boston in Lincolnshire, mixed sex offenders with other prisoners but achieved an atmosphere of peaceful co-existence, according to a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP).

Published: 14 November 2017

Police custody in North London – generally good treatment and conditions but too many children held for too long

Detainees in police custody suites in a large area of north London were usually well treated, and held in good conditions, but too many children were kept in cells overnight and even at weekends, according to a joint criminal justice inspectorates report.

Published: 08 November 2017

HMP Erlestoke – a prison where the leadership must tackle significant Spice drug problems

HMP Erlestoke in Wiltshire had failed to tackle a significant drugs problem – particularly with the synthetic cannabis Spice – which generated violence and bullying and ‘a sense of hopelessness’ among prisoners, according to a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP).

Published: 07 November 2017