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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Action on mental health and tougher approach to assults needed at HMYOI Wetherby, says IMB report
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HM YOI Wetherby – made up of volunteers appointed by ministers to check that prisoners are treated humanely – today published its annual report for 2018/19. The report says that it continues to be a well-managed Young Offenders Institution, holding around 240 extremely challenging young people between the ages … Read more >
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Hollesley Bay 2018 annual report published
The 2018 annual report of the IMB at Hollesley Bay is now published.
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United Nations experts visit Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre on IMB monitoring visit
The IMB at Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre today took United Nations experts on a monitoring visit at the centre . IMBs are members of the National Preventive Mechanism which has called for governmment action to address significant failings in state custody and detention settings.