IMB members are independent, unpaid and work an average of 3-4 visits per month. Their role is to monitor the day-to-day life in their local prison or removal centre and ensure that proper standards of care and decency are maintained. To see a map of prison establishments use the Prison Finder
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Inside every prison, immigration removal centre and some short term holding facilities at airports, there is an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) – a group of ordinary members of the public doing an extraordinary job.
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Bedford prison still struggling to be fit for purpose
The latest report of Bedford prison’s Independent Monitoring Board has shown the difficulties in managing a 150-year-old local prison with a high turnover of inmates, a chronic lack of investment over many years and the impact of losing large numbers of experienced staff. The IMB’s annual report highlights, in particular, conditions in the segregation unit … Read more >
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Coldingley 2017-18 annual report published today
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Stafford 2017-18 annual report published today
Read the report in full here.