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HM Inspectorate of Prisons

October 29, 2020

Rehabilitation needs of minority ethnic prisoners not understood, says Chief Inspector

The thematic review identifies positive practices which can provide direction for system-wide reforms.
October 23, 2020

Chief Inspector of Prisons annual report highlights 'deep-seated problems'

There is an urgent need to address serious issues that adversely affect the safety and decency of our prisons, the opportunity they offer for rehabilitation and their contribution to reducing reoffending, says the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
August 20, 2020

Continued severe COVID-19 regime restrictions 'risk psychological decline in prisoners'

Severe restrictions in prisons at times amount to solitary confinement and have created a real risk of psychological decline among prisoners, which needs to be addressed urgently, says the Prison Inspectorate.
July 28, 2020

Inspectors find extreme lock-up in institutions holding children in England 'avoidable and troubling'

Nearly all children had been locked up for more than 22 hours every day for 15 weeks, which inspectors said was disproportionate and avoidable.
May 19, 2020

Report on men's local prisons during Covid-19

Staff and prisoners have worked together to make the best of the situation, but ministers have not done all they could to help.
March 19, 2020

Reassurances from HMIP as prison inspections suspended in England and Wales

All scheduled inspection work involving visits to prisons or other places of State detention in England and Wales has been suspended up to the end of May 2020.
March 16, 2020

Inspection of Border Force detention finds improvement but some serious concerns

A new inspection report says Border Force should ensure that children, injured detainees and those held in vehicles are treated safely, decently and in accordance with the law.
March 13, 2020

Inspection of HMP Pentonville finds 'cause for continued concern'

An inspection of Pentonville prison found little evidence of improvement since a troubling inspection in 2019.
February 19, 2020

Young Offender Institution 'insufficiently good' in all four healthy prison tests

Cookham Wood Young Offenders' Institution in Kent holds up to 188 boys aged between 15 and 18.
January 8, 2020

Safety a major concern in HMP WInchester, inspectors find

Seven prisoners had taken their own lives since the last inspection, three of these in the previous 12 months.