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Last March, HMI Prisons and Ofsted published a report into the teaching of reading in prisons. Having previously been a teacher, I was concerned about the low levels of literacy I had seen in our prisons and our report confirmed some of my worst fears.

Reports on an inspection of HMP Hewell and independent reviews of progress at HMP The Mount and HMYOI Parc

Speech given by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to the Governing Governors' Forum

Inspectors returning to HMP Aylesbury found a prison thrown into chaos by changes to its role made in response to national prison population pressures.

Reports in inspections of HMP/YOI New Hall and HMP Garth

Reports on inspections of HMP Bullingdon, HMP Wakefield and an independent review of progress at HMP Forest Bank

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.