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Manchester prison’s filthy wings dominated by organised crime, drugs and violence
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The notorious Manchester prison has become the latest jail to receive an urgent notification for improvement after inspectors found standards had “collapsed” with filthy wings, an infestation of vermin including rats, and catastrophic levels of illicit drugs linked to organised crime with very high rates of violence.
Speech to the Prison Governors’ Association conference
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Speech given by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to the Prison Governors' Association conference on 8 October 2024.
Declining standards in young offender institutions
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Sir Martyn Oliver, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, and Charlie Taylor, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, have expressed their deep concern at declining standards in young offender institutions.
Children’s custody: a decade of missed opportunities and decline
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In this blog, Angus Jones, HMI Prisons Team Leader for Children and Young People, talks about the sustained failure to improve outcomes for the small number of children in custody.
Key findings paper digs deeper into the ongoing failings in purposeful activity
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Purposeful prisons: time out of cell. A key findings paper by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.
HMP Brixton: severely overcrowded jail failing to provide education and training or reduce men’s risk ahead of release
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Brixton is a category C training and resettlement prison in the heart of London holding a complex population with a large proportion of men convicted of sexual offences, significant levels of mental health need and substance misuse.
Reports published 16 September
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Reports on inspections of HMP/YOI Hindley, HMP Woodhill and HMP/YOI Erlestoke.
Desperate times for prisons: Chief Inspector of prisons calls for sustained action to tackle the crisis
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Against the backdrop of the growing prison population crisis, the 2023-24 annual report of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons paints a devastating picture of what is happening inside our jails.