HMP Woodhill – Prison With ‘Staggering’ Total Of Self-Inflicted Deaths Struggling To Sustain Improvements In Care
HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes – where a “staggering” total of 19 men had taken their lives in seven years – was found by inspectors to be struggling to sustain improvement in care for vulnerable prisoners. Inspectors also found “chronic and substantial” staff...
EXCLUSIVE! Prisoners Owe £2.25 million in Unpaid Prison Damage Compensation Orders.
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HMP Belmarsh – Encouraging trial of body scanner to prevent smuggling of drugs and contraband
An X-ray body scanner being piloted at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London resulted in the discovery of weapons, mobile phones and drugs on prisoners and contributed toward a reduction in drugs-fuelled violence, prisons inspectors found. Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of...
HMYOI Werrington – Proof that progress is obtained more by offering the carrot, than waving the stick
HMYOI Werrington, near Stoke-on-Trent, was found by inspectors to be a successful establishment with an “overriding culture” for the 100 boys aged from 15 to 18 of incentive rather than punishment. Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, said: “By any standards...
HMP LEICESTER – Violence still a problem but clear evidence of improved conditions
HMP Leicester, one of the oldest prisons in England and Wales, showed commendable signs of improvement in the treatment and conditions for prisoners, despite challenges including continuing high levels of violence, inspectors found. The small and ageing city centre...
HMP LONG LARTIN, A Fundamentally Capable High-Security Prison says Chief Inspector
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Did prisoners take their lives because they could no longer face violent, drug-ridden jail? – Chief Inspector
Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, has asked whether prisoners in HMP & YOI Nottingham took their own lives because they could no longer face life in the violent, drug-ridden jail. In one of the most disturbing inspection reports in recent years, Mr Clarke...
PPO Confirms Concerns Raised By Inspection of HMP Nottingham
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, who investigates deaths and complaints in prisons, echoed the findings of the Chief Inspector of Prisons’ report of an inspection at HMP Nottingham. The Acting PPO, Elizabeth Moody, said: “It is highly troubling that HMP Nottingham...
Chief Constable for Devon and Cornwall Police faces prosecution following 2012 death of Thomas Orchard
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today informed the family of Thomas Orchard of its decision to bring a Health and Safety prosecution against the office of the Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall police concerning his death in 2012. A first hearing will take...
Close Supervision Centres – A very positive report on dangerous offender management
The prison service system for holding its most disruptive and dangerous men in highly restrictive custody was run with a focus on giving even the most difficult prisoners some hope of progress, prison inspectors found - in a report that one prisons expert described as...
