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581 reports

Operation safeguard

Published:
Operation safeguard: A report on exploratory work (2007)

Foreign national prisoners

Published:
A thematic review, July 2006

Young adult male prisoners

Published:
A short thematic report, October 2006

Extreme custody

Published:
A thematic inspection of close supervision centres and high security segregation, June 2006

Women in prison

Published:
A literature review by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 2005

Parallel worlds: a thematic review of race relations in prisons

Published:
A thematic review of race relations in prisons, December 2005

Prisoners under escort

Published:
Thematic report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, December 2004

‘No problems – old and quiet’: older prisoners in England and Wales – a thematic review

Published:
A thematic review by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, 2004

Through the Prison Gate

Published:
Through the Prison Gate – a joint thematic review by HM Inspectorates of Prisons and Probation (2001)

Suicide is everyone’s concern

Published:
A thematic review by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales, May 1999