first tranche of cells up and running at HMP Norwich as 1,000 rolled out across the country comes as work starts on £38 million renovation of Victorian prison wing move to build 20,000 new prison places to protect the public The new units are the first of 1,000 Rapid Deployment Cells being rolled out at […]
Inspectors have conducted an inspection of to HMP New Hall and published their report today. Type of inspection: Full inspection Dates of inspection: 24 November – 1 December 2022 Summary of findings: An overwhelmingly safe and respectful prison with an effective governor who led a caring and engaged staff team. Access to purposeful activity was too limited. Points […]
Inspectors have conducted an inspection of to HMP Garth and published their report today. Type of inspection: Full inspection Dates of inspection: 7–18 November 2022 Summary of findings: The prison was safe and well led, but prisoners were spending far too long in their cells and needed more access to work and education. The ageing prison building was […]
An Anglican prison chaplain who claimed he was bullied by inmates and staff at HMP Wakefield has lost his employment tribunal case against the Ministry of Justice when the Judge found the incidents he complained about either never happened at all or, if any of them did, they were not discriminatory. The Rev Mark Burns […]
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The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wormwood Scrubs have published their 2021/2022 annual report in which they said: Even though most of society opened up in March 2022, progress in opening up the regime at Wormwood Scrubs, and providing access to education and activity, was ‘glacially slow’ says the Independent Monitoring Board in its annual […]
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The Independent Monitoring Board at HMYOI Brinsford have published their 2021/2022 annual report in which they said: Main areas for development TO THE MINISTER Prisoners held under Immigration Act powers are kept far too long before transfer to an immigration removal centre or their home country. TO THE PRISON SERVICE The education contract is still […]
A prison officer raped a young woman who was extremely drunk and couldn’t stop being sick, a court has heard. The alleged rape was discovered after the woman’s friends burst in on them and the defendant is accused of saying said: “Oh no, I’m in trouble now.” Glenn Coleman, 61, is accused of raping and […]
Preventing extremist prisoners from radicalising people who visit them behind bars ‘cannot effectively be achieved’ under the current system, the chairman of the Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry has said. Sir John Saunders has called for widespread change, saying prison conversations should be ‘supervised’ in the case of an inmate who ‘poses a particular risk […]
A charity shop is supporting prisoner rehabilitation by offering clothing created by them. The Salvation Army Charity Shop says the clothing is sustainable and created from denim bags. The branch, in Whitehaven, showed off the new clothing on their Facebook page. In a post they said: “Our beautiful denim window featuring our 100 per cent […]
Businesses were invited to hire prisoners and ex-offenders from new Fosse Way prison Serco and Blaby District Council wanted local businesses to get involved to teach prisoners new skills and help them reintegrate into society when their sentences end Businesses are being urged to offer jobs and training to inmates at Leicestershire’s newest prison, HMP […]