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As prison population numbers continue to rise, Charlie Taylor considers the implications and warns there will be consequences for all of us.

The Chief Inspector of Prisons wrote to the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor on Wednesday 26 July to issue an urgent notification for improvement at HMP Bristol after an unannounced inspection revealed extremely worrying conditions.

A report on an inspection of HMP Risley

An inspection of a Kent young offender institution (YOI), HMYOI Cookham Wood, found an establishment that was deteriorating fast, with weapon-making and violence rife and boys held in solitary confinement for extended periods. Some staff members seemed to have ‘given up’ and no longer even bothered to wear the correct uniform to work.

Reports on inspections of HMP Ford and HMP/YOI Moorland and independent reviews of progress at HMP Isle of Wight and HMP Norwich

Earlier this year, we began publishing easy read summaries of our reports on prison inspections. Tamsin Williamson, Communications and Publications Manager at HMI Prisons, led the project and explains here why this was so important to the organisation.

Despite the lifting of the final pandemic restrictions in May 2022, many prisons are still failing to return to pre-pandemic regimes which support prisoners’ rehabilitation, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, warns in his 2022–23 annual report.

Reports on inspections of HMP Preston and HMP Holme House and an independent review of progress at HMP/YOI Isis

A report on an inspection of Isle of Man Prison

A report on an inspection of HMP Swansea