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Strong leadership and innovation driving positive outcomes at HMP Northumberland

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Reports published 1 December

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Reports published on HMP Feltham B and Dungavel House IRC.

Report published 24 November

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Report published on HMP Ranby.

Reports published 17 November

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Reports published on HMP Leicester and HMP & YOI Deerbolt.

Reports published 10 November

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Report published on HMP Liverpool.

Recall, release, repeat

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Recall, release, repeat: this blog digs deeper into the impact of short, fixed-term recalls across the women's estate.

Reports published 3 November

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Report published on HMP & YOI Bronzefield.

Reports published 27 October

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Report published on HMP Bullingdon.

Critical safety concerns putting prisoners at risk at HMP Leeds

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What happens to prisoners on a Friday?

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We routinely find impoverished regimes on our prison inspections, with most prisoners spending long periods of time locked in their cells with little to occupy them. Time out of cell is even worse on Saturdays and Sundays. But what about Fridays in prison? Are regimes similar to Monday to Thursday, with some access to purposeful activity, or is Friday the start of a long weekend of lock up? Sara Pennington led a team of inspectors to find out.