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Reports published on HMP Feltham B and Dungavel House IRC.

Report published on HMP Ranby.

Reports published on HMP Leicester and HMP & YOI Deerbolt.

Report published on HMP Liverpool.

Recall, release, repeat: this blog digs deeper into the impact of short, fixed-term recalls across the women's estate.

Report published on HMP & YOI Bronzefield.

Report published on HMP Bullingdon.

We routinely find impoverished regimes on our prison inspections, with most prisoners spending long periods of time locked in their cells with little to occupy them. Time out of cell is even worse on Saturdays and Sundays. But what about Fridays in prison? Are regimes similar to Monday to Thursday, with some access to purposeful activity, or is Friday the start of a long weekend of lock up? Sara Pennington led a team of inspectors to find out.

With the publication of the ‘Just passing time’ thematic review, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, outlines the problems with current work and training provision in adult prisons and his concerns that cuts will make things even worse.