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La Moye prison in Jersey – good safety and respect but a deterioration in work to make prisoners employable on release

La Moye, the only prison on Jersey and holding mostly adult men with a small number of women, remained a safe prison with low levels of violence and minimal use of force, according to a report on an inspection in September 2017.

Published: 27 February 2018

HMP Usk and HMP & YOI Prescoed – still fundamentally successful prisons

HMP Usk, a small jail specialising in sex offender programmes, and the nearby HMP and YOI Prescoed, an open prison, remained “fundamentally successful” establishments, inspectors found in 2017.

Published: 20 February 2018

Parc Young Persons’ Unit – Chief Inspector welcomes good work to reverse recent deterioration in standards

The Young Persons’ Unit at HMP & YOI Parc near Bridgend in South Wales has shown “quite significant improvement’ in key aspects, including safety, in the past year, inspectors found.

Published: 20 February 2018

Response by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to Justice Select Committee report on HMP Liverpool

Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, welcomed the report and recommendations published by the Justice Select Committee following its hearing on HMP Liverpool.

Published: 16 February 2018

Response by Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, to the Secretary of State’s letter responding to the issuing of the first Urgent Notification after the inspection of HMP Nottingham

On 17 January 2018, Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, issued the first Urgent Notification letter under a new protocol which requires the Secretary of State for Justice to take public responsibility for improvements in a jail found to have serious and significant problems.

Published: 14 February 2018

Police custody in Cambridgeshire – generally impressive care but concerns remain over strategic governance

Detainees in custody in Cambridgeshire were held in reasonably good physical conditions with “generally impressive” care and attention from staff, inspectors found in 2017.

Published: 08 February 2018

HMP Lindholme – welcome safety improvements but still too many drugs and too much violence in a jail with a high organised crime population

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has questioned whether HMP Lindholme in South Yorkshire is a suitable place to hold high numbers of prisoners with organised crime connections who are determined to “ply their trade” in jail. The prison has a lengthy perimeter and a severe and intractable drugs problem, with high levels of violence.

Published: 06 February 2018

HM Armed Forces Service Custody Facilities – detainees receive good treatment in good facilities

Detainees in short-term armed forces service custody facilities (SCF), used by the Army, Navy and RAF, were well cared for and felt safe, an inspection by HM Inspectorate of Prisons found.

Published: 01 February 2018