HMP Peterborough (Men)

What we found

A lack of funding to install netting over exercise yards and make other improvements to security undermined leaders’ efforts to stop drugs getting in, so the rate of positive drug test results remained high. The quality of teaching had improved and there were now spaces for all prisoners in education, skills and work, but staff shortages meant some spaces were not used and too many men were locked in cells for longer than planned. Assaults between prisoners had increased, but violence against staff had reduced.

Points to note: Prisoners arriving late in the evening experienced delays in accessing their medication and overnight clinical observations and monitoring were inconsistent, leading Care Quality Commission, the health care regulator, to identify a breach in safe care and treatment.