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Report published 2 September
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Report on an inspection of court custody facilities in Wales
First category C prison issued with an Urgent Notification following a decade of systemic failure and decline
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The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, has written to the Secretary of State for Justice to issue an Urgent Notification for improvement at HMP Rochester after a damning inspection found decrepit conditions, rising violence and self-harm, widespread illicit drug use and a dearth of activity to prepare men for release.
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”.