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HMP Coldingley

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Coldingley (2025) web (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Coldingley by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (10–20 November 2025).

Bar chart illustrating the healthy prison outcomes scores for HMP Coldingley when it was inspected in 2022 and 2025. The graph shows that the score for Safety had declined from reasonably good to not sufficiently good, while the scores in the other categories had remained the same. Respect and Preparation for Release were reasonably good, while Purposeful Activity was not sufficiently good.

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Drugs were easily available, the rate of serious prisoner-on-prisoner violence was high, and staff were not doing enough to address poor behaviour on the wings. Prisoner attendance at work and education activities was not good enough and there were too few places to study English and maths. Not enough work was being done with prisoners to help them progress in their sentences.

Points to note: Leaders set clear priorities and engaged with prisoners, men could contribute to daily life through peer work, forums and the prisoner council, and work had been done to help those serving indeterminate sentences to understand parole processes.

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Easy Read Summary – Coldingley (PDF, 693 KB)
Prisoner Survey Methodology and Results – Coldingley (PDF, 373 KB)
Prisoner Survey Analysis Workbook (Excel spreadsheet) – Coldingley (XLSX, 336 KB)
Staff Survey Methodology and Results – Coldingley (PDF, 253 KB)