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A review of progress at Harmondsworth has revealed substantial improvements since February 2024, when it received the worst-ever judgements for an immigration removal centre.

Report on HMP Nottingham.

Prisoners rely on staff for their basic needs in jail, but too many receive poor responses to simple requests, a new review has found.

Reports on HMP/YOI Deerbolt and HMP Forest Bank.

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.

Report on an inspection of HMP Stafford.

Reports on HMP The Mount, La Moye prison (Jersey) and short-term holding facilities at France-UK Borders.

Reports on an inspection of West Midlands and Warwickshire courts and an inspection of escort and removals to Portugal.

Reports on an independent review of progress at HMP Durham and a full inspection of HMP Standford Hill.

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.