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Detainees in Gwent police custody suites treated with respect in good conditions - criminal justice inspectorates find

Most detainees in Gwent police custody suites were treated with respect and consideration, and were held safely in good conditions, independent criminal justice inspectorates found in a joint report published today.

Published: 20 December 2017

HMP & YOI Downview – a fundamentally safe prison where good recent progress augured well for the future

HMP & YOI Downview, home to more than 300 women, was found to be a fundamentally safe jail whose progress in recent years made HM Inspectorate of Prisons confident that it would address its areas of weakness.

Published: 13 December 2017

HMP Dartmoor – prison with 70% sex offenders and ‘shocking’ failings in resettlement work to reduce risk of harm to public

HMP Dartmoor, one of Britain’s oldest jails and home to hundreds of sex offenders, needs help from the prison service to improve “shocking” failings in its work to protect the public from the risk posed by men it releases, according to a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

Published: 12 December 2017

HMP Wormwood Scrubs – iconic jail suffering persistent and intractable failings

Wormwood Scrubs, the iconic West London jail, was found to be suffering from persistent and intractable failings, including high violence, drugs, chronic staff shortages and poor public protection work, according to a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP).

Published: 08 December 2017

HMP Holme House – an ‘ambitious’ prison dealing with organisational changes and very serious drugs problems

HMP Holme House, near Stockton on Tees, had a “very serious” drugs problem, with nearly 60% of prisoners saying it was easy to get hold of drugs, according to a report on an unannounced inspection by HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

Published: 05 December 2017