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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.

Report on an inspection of HMYOI Parc

The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, has called for urgent action to tackle drones which are frequently bringing in drugs and weapons to prisons holding some of the most dangerous men in the country, including terrorists and organised crime bosses.

Far too few prisoners at HMP Kirkham, an open prison in Lancashire, were able to get the opportunity to work, and men said they were frustrated and bored, with little to fill their time. Many were using drugs, with the positive mandatory drug test rate the highest in the open estate at 25% and inspectors frequently smelt cannabis as they walked around the jail.

Reports on inspections of HMP Five Wells and HMYOI Wetherby