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A new report has found that inexperienced prison officers at HMP/YOI Hindley were struggling to manage a very challenging prison dominated by a “tsunami” of drugs, high levels of violence and self-harm and failing infrastructure.

Some of the most vulnerable children in the country are being stripped of their clothing under restraint with far too little oversight and accountability and inappropriate use of pain-inducing techniques, a report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has found.

Reports on unannounced inspections of HMPYOI Peterborough (women's) and HMP Morton Hall

One of the largest category C training and resettlement prisons in England is failing to deliver its core purpose to prepare men for their return to the community.

Parc YOI has consistently been the best performing in England and Wales, as this inspection and previous inspections show.

Inspection reports on HMP Ashfield and HMP Bure and a report on an independent review of progress at HMP Maidstone

Reports on inspections of HMP/YOI East Sutton Park and HMP Dovegate

A report on an independent review of progress at HMP Exeter

A report on an independent review of progress at HMP Hewell

A prison holding men convicted of serious offences and who pose a high risk of harm to the public is continuing to struggle because of its reliance on officers bussed in from other jails.