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What makes Oakwood so good?
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Following a visit to the impressive Oakwood, Charlie Taylor discusses how strong leadership, high expectations of prisoners, and a culture of prisoner-led initiatives are at the heart of its achievements.
Shocking conditions at HMP Wandsworth result of leadership failures “at every level”
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In May, a catastrophic inspection of HMP Wandsworth led Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to write to the then Secretary of State invoking an Urgent Notification for improvement. Today, the full report from that inspection details the extent of the problems at the troubled jail which led to this action, noting that Wandsworth has come to be “symbolic of the problems that characterise what is worst about the English prison system”.
Prisons within prisons: what can we learn from how we manage our most dangerous offenders?
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Following a very positive inspection of Close Supervision Centres (CSCs), which hold some of the most dangerous men in the prison system, Charlie Taylor reflects on the important work being done in CSCs and the stark contrast with conditions on the rest of the estate.
HMYOI Feltham A: worrying decline makes YOI the most violent prison in the country
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Conditions at Feltham A, a young offender institution in London, had deteriorated significantly since its last inspection, and was characterised by rising self-harm and very high levels of violence.