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Children and young people in custody – tackle violence and bullying and do more to promote positive behaviour, says Chief Inspector

Fewer children and young adults have been in custody in recent years but the lives of those remaining have been “significantly impacted by deteriorating behaviour” that has not been tackled, according to Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

Published: 21 March 2018

HMP Altcourse - fundamentally decent treatment and conditions despite facing the same challenges as other local prisons

HMP Altcourse in Liverpool was found in 2017 to have “bucked the trend” of rising violence and self-harm seen in many comparable local prisons, according to Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

Published: 20 March 2018

HMP & YOI Rochester – commendable progress despite disruption from a rescinded decision to close the prison

HMP & YOI Rochester, a training and resettlement prison in Kent holding adult and young adult male prisoners, had shown encouraging progress despite the “significant disruption” of a period in which it was told it would close but was then kept open, according to a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

Published: 15 March 2018

HMP Gartree – stability has deteriorated through staff shortages and challenges of changing population

The long-term stability at HMP Gartree – holding prisoners serving indeterminate sentences, most posing a high risk of harm – had deteriorated through staff shortages and difficulties in adapting to a changing population, prison inspectors found.

Published: 14 March 2018

Harmondsworth immigration removal centre – persistent failings in safety and respect

Harmondsworth immigration removal centre (IRC) at Heathrow, holding large numbers of men with mental health problems in prison-like conditions, continued to show “considerable failings” in safety and respect for detainees, according to prison inspectors.

Published: 13 March 2018

Police custody in Dyfed-Powys – safe and respectful treatment but some staffing problems

Dyfed-Powys police had made “mixed progress” in its work to improve custody, with strengthened management and a strong culture of providing safe custody but some staffing problems, according to a report on a joint criminal justice inspection.

Published: 06 March 2018

Police custody suites in Humberside – respectful treatment but improvements needed in some areas

Detainees in Humberside police custody suites were generally treated respectfully and officers dealt well with challenging individuals, according to a report on an inspection of the force’s custody facilities.

Published: 06 March 2018

The Military Corrective Training Centre – safe, decent and free of drugs and violence, but concerns over public protection

The Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) in Colchester, the only secure training centre for the armed services, has had very good inspections in recent years and 2017 proved no exception, according to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke.

Published: 02 March 2018

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