Skip to content

Our reports

Use the ‘search’ box to help you find a report, or filter by type and year of publication, type of detention and key themes by using the drop down menus and selecting ‘filter’.

If you are looking for an HMI Prisons inspection report published before 2020, you may need to visit our archived site. Please note that many of the search functions on the archived site will not work.

If you are searching for joint reports published before 2020 with Ofsted or Criminal Justice Inspectorate Northern Ireland, please visit:

If you are unable to find a report, please email us at: hmiprisons.enquiries@hmiprisons.gov.uk

Inspection reports are a record of our findings at a point in time. In exceptional circumstances reports may need to be corrected after publication. If the change is substantive, we will indicate what was amended and when the amendment was made.


Filters

36 reports

Hardly working out: barriers to physical education in prisons

Published:
A key findings paper by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, March 2026

‘Everything is after sentencing’: The experiences of remand prisoners

Published:
A key findings paper by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, March 2026

Safety, well-being and hope: The untapped potential of family contact in prisons

Published:
Safety, well-being and hope: The untapped potential of family contact in prisons by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, March 2026

Unpacking prisoner property: A hidden source of conflict and complaint

Published:
A key findings paper by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, February 2026

‘Just passing time’: A review of work and training provision in adult prisons

Published:
A thematic review by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, October 2025

Easier said than done: resolving prisoner requests

Published:
A key findings paper by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, March 2025

Time to care: what helps women cope in prison?

Published:
A thematic review by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, February 2025

Purposeful prisons: time out of cell

Published:
In this key findings paper, we look at how much time prisoners spend out of their cells and the impact of this across the closed prison estate.

The quality of work undertaken with women

Published:
A joint inspection by HM Inspectorate of Probation and HM Inspectorate of Prisons May 2024

The long wait: A thematic review of delays in the transfer of mentally unwell prisoners

Published:
This thematic review scrutinises access to mental health care in prisons. In 2022–23, we noted delays in mental health transfers in over three-quarters of our prison inspection reports.