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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IMB Rye Hill draws attention to progress prison has made over reporting period
In general the Board at Rye Hill considers prisoners were treated fairly during the reporting period April 2016- March 2017. The need for a rolling series of lock downs on accommodation units to release staff for bed watches for seriously ill prisoners was a concern but was actually handled very fairly. Lock downs were spread … Read more >
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2016-17 IMB Stafford annual report published today
Read the report in full here.
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2016-17 IMB Stoke Heath annual report published today
Read the report in full here.