Prisons and immigration removal centres responded decisively to keep prisoners, children and detainees safe from COVID-19, according to Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, in a report on findings from visits to 35 establishments in the early stages of the pandemic. However, Mr Clarke warned that continued severe regime restrictions in prisons – at […]

Dozens of prisons across England and Wales are failing to operate emergency telephone lines to help prevent suicide and self-harm, a report has revealed. The research shows a hotline for relatives of prisoners to call if they have concerns about an inmate was not being answered or had not even been set up in more […]

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has called on the Secretary of State for Justice to intervene urgently in Feltham A Young Offender Institution (YOI) after an inspection last week disclosed an “extraordinary” decline in safety, care and activity for the children held there. Inspectors found very high levels of violence, between boys and against staff, […]

MOJ Press Release 23 November 2018 Justice Secretary announces specialist search teams to be rolled out across the country with more than 100 officers being recruited. Specialist search teams are being drafted into jails across the country to find contraband and disrupt the criminals fuelling violence behind bars, Justice Secretary David Gauke announced today. Read […]

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has put the Justice Secretary publicly on notice that he must explain how conditions at HMP Exeter will be improved as a matter of urgency. Inspectors found disturbingly high levels of violence and self-harm and a serious failure to tackle safety issues. Full Article: Here