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This blog was written by Angus Jones, Team Leader for Children and Young People. Find out more about the conditions and experience of children in detention by reading our annual report on Children in custody: 2021-2022.

Inspectors returning to HMP Exeter were so concerned by the high rates of suicide and self-harm, inadequate care for vulnerable new arrivals and oversight of health care that they issued an Urgent Notification within days of completing the inspection.

Reports on an independent review of progress at HMP Ranby and an unannounced inspection of Cheshire and Merseyside Court Custody

Acutely mentally unwell women were being held in cells with scratches and bloodstains on the wall, evidence of previous occupants’ distress, an inspection report into HMP/YOI Eastwood Park has found.

Children in custody feel safer than ever before but are isolated from their friends and families and are continuing to receive inadequate education post-pandemic, a new report confirms.

At every inspection, HMI Prisons assesses the progress of the prison against four areas – safety, respect, purposeful activity and rehabilitation and release planning – and awards a score: four for good; three for reasonably good; two for not sufficiently good; and one for poor.

Reports on unannounced inspections of HMP Maidstone and HMP Wealstun

Last month, we published "Thematic review: The experiences of adult black male prisoners and black prison staff". One of the recommendations for building trust put forward by prisoners and staff was making and sharing food together. In this blog, lead inspector Hindpal Singh Bhui shares his experience of visiting a prison to see how this can work in practice.

A prison that houses high-risk sex offenders is failing to prepare effectively for their release into the community, a new report confirms. HMP Isle of Wight releases one or two high risk prisoners per month, but evidence from the inspection suggested that these prisoners were not always identified or discussed at a multidisciplinary forum ahead of their release to make sure risk management plans were robust.

Reports on independent reviews of progress at HMP Brixton and HMP Winchester