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Too few staff and easy availability of drugs hindering care for women at Styal
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Inspectors visiting HMP Styal were disappointed to find a deterioration in safety, with positive drug test results now the highest in the women’s estate, a problem which leaders appeared ill-equipped to tackle. A lack of enhanced gate security, an X-ray machine and a body scanner undermined the prison’s efforts to stop the ingress of drugs of which 44% of surveyed women said they were easy to get hold of.
Reports published 24 February
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Reports on HMP The Mount, La Moye prison (Jersey) and short-term holding facilities at France-UK Borders.
Reports published 17 February
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Reports on an inspection of West Midlands and Warwickshire courts and an inspection of escort and removals to Portugal.
Reports published 10 February
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Reports on an independent review of progress at HMP Durham and a full inspection of HMP Standford Hill.
The power of an incentivising culture
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How does an open prison get the best out of its prisoners and equip them for life in the community? HMI Prisons inspector, Lindsay Jones, discusses how HMP Standford Hill used education, training and work to motivate prisoners and give them the skills they needed to turn their lives around.
Frustrations about a lack of basic care lead women in prison to self-harm
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Prisons are not doing enough to help women cope in prison and for some, the lack of care to meet their basic needs causes such distress that they resort to harming themselves, according to a new report from HM Inspectorate of Prisons.
HMP Winchester: drugs and violence highlight systemic failings in a persistently underachieving prison
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The Chief Inspector of Prisons has called for more support and investment to halt the serious decline in safety and security at Winchester prison. During an inspection in October, Charlie Taylor found such concerning conditions at the jail that he issued an Urgent Notification for improvement to the Secretary of State.