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Leaders at Wymott failed to tackle the very high staff sickness rates, which meant too few officers were available for operational duties on the wing. This led to an incredibly restricted part-time regime for unemployed prisoners on the main site, some of whom spent 21 hours a day locked up, and the weekend regime was poor for all.

Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Humber

Following a worrying inspection at Hindley, Charlie Taylor reflects on the causes and consequences of a resurgence in drugs in prisons.

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.

Sophie Riley, Head of Research, Data and Thematics at HMI Prisons, explains why we have worked with Royal Holloway to make 20 years of prisoner survey data available to other researchers.

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