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  • December 16, 2020

    Frankland 2018-19 annual report published

    The 2018-19 annual report for HMP Frankland is now published.


  • December 15, 2020

    Brixton IMB fear the long term cost of Covid lockdown

    In their Annual Report to 30 August 2020, Brixton IMB commend progress at HMP Brixton before lockdown and good management of a difficult situation after it. They express concern about the long term consequences of lockdown for prisoners. In March, the necessary changes were introduced quickly and efficiently, a predictable though very limited regime established, … Read more >


  • December 11, 2020

    Bristol 2019-20 annual report published

    The 2019-20 annual report for HMP Bristol is now published.


  • December 10, 2020

    UK National Preventive Mechanism’s response to the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture’s report on its visit to the UK

    Today the NPM have published the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT)’s report to the UK NPM following its visit to the UK in September 2019, and have also published the UK NPM’s official response to the SPT report. The NPM hope it stands as a valuable representation of how the they … Read more >


  • December 9, 2020

    Swimming upstream – making progress in difficult circumstances

    In their 2019-20 annual report the IMB at Bedford highlight a number of concerns, but note a number of positive changes over the reporting year:   Violent incidents between prisoners and levels of self-harm are lower than last year. There has been some success in reducing the amount of illicit drugs entering the prison. While … Read more >


  • December 4, 2020

    A year of two halves at Chelmsford prison

    In its annual report for the period September 2019 to August 2020, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at Chelmsford prison records the huge impact of the pandemic on the prisoners and staff during the second half of that period. Covid-19 Not a single prisoner became infected by the virus while at the prison, but this … Read more >


  • December 2, 2020

    Prisoners and staff need urgent decision on Prison’s future.

    In its annual report for the period 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020. The Board at HMP Dartmoor finds the following: That the prison is generally a safe place and that lack of capital investment over recent years raises a number of safety issues, but that to its credit the prison manages to work … Read more >


  • December 1, 2020

    Manchester 2019-20 annual report published

    The 2019-20 annual report for HMP Manchester is now published.


  • November 27, 2020

    Escalating self-harm since lockdown in Europe’s largest women’s prison

    In spite of many positive aspects of the HMP Bronzefield’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic it has been accompanied by a dramatic increase in incidents of self-harm. In its 2019- 20 annual report published today, the Bronzefield IMB notes positively that: Prisoners are treated fairly and humanely at Bronzefield. Many prisoners have expressed their gratitude … Read more >


  • November 27, 2020

    Werrington 2019-20 annual report published

    The 2019-20 annual report for HMP Werrington is now published.


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