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Adult and family detention at Gatwick Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre – good care but some concerning issues

Care for people, including families and children, being held in two separate immigration removal detention facilities at Tinsley House, near Gatwick, has been commended by inspectors.

Published: 30 August 2018

Derbyshire Constabulary custody – failing to meet standards in important areas but keen to improve

Derbyshire Constabulary custody was not delivered to the standards required or expected in many important areas, with little improvement over the last five years and some poor outcomes for detainees, according to criminal justice inspectors.

Published: 22 August 2018

Chief prisons inspector demands urgent government action to tackle appalling violence and squalor at HMP Birmingham

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has called on the Justice Secretary to launch an urgent and independent enquiry to understand how the privately run HMP Birmingham, one of Britain’s biggest jails, has “slipped into crisis” in only 18 months.

Published: 20 August 2018

HMP Hull – reasonably good across all areas but should address weaknesses including self-harm and diversity

HMP Hull, an inner-city local jail in East Yorkshire holding more than 1,000 men in a mix of modern and Victorian-era accommodation, was found to be “reasonably good” in a range of key aspects of prison life.

Published: 07 August 2018