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Prisoners rely on staff for their basic needs in jail, but too many receive poor responses to simple requests, a new review has found.

Reports on HMP/YOI Deerbolt and HMP Forest Bank.

Inspectors visiting HMP Styal were disappointed to find a deterioration in safety, with positive drug test results now the highest in the women’s estate, a problem which leaders appeared ill-equipped to tackle.

Report on an inspection of HMP Stafford.

Reports on HMP The Mount, La Moye prison (Jersey) and short-term holding facilities at France-UK Borders.

Reports on an inspection of West Midlands and Warwickshire courts and an inspection of escort and removals to Portugal.

Reports on an independent review of progress at HMP Durham and a full inspection of HMP Standford Hill.

How does an open prison get the best out of its prisoners and equip them for life in the community? HMI Prisons inspector, Lindsay Jones, discusses how HMP Standford Hill used education, training and work to motivate prisoners and give them the skills they needed to turn their lives around.

Prisons are not doing enough to help women cope in prison and for some, the lack of care to meet their basic needs causes such distress that they resort to harming themselves, according to a new report from HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has called for more support and investment to halt the serious decline in safety and security at Winchester prison. During an inspection in October, Charlie Taylor found such concerning conditions at the jail that he issued an Urgent Notification for improvement to the Secretary of State.