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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Increased assaults at HMP/YOI Parc of concern, IMB reports
The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP& YOI Parc Bridgend publishes its annual report today. The Board commends the marked increase in education qualification achieved this year and hope these will help prisoners gain meaningful employment on their release. We are concerned with the increase in assaults across the establishment and in particular in the Young … Read more >
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2016-17 IMB Hatfield Annual Report out today
Read the full report here.
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2016-17 IMB Lowdham Grange Annual Report published today
Read the report in full here.