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The 2024 annual report for HMP Huntercombe is now published.

Leicester prison remains under significant pressure from the large number of men being sent there by the courts or returned to prison for breach of their release licence. Population numbers fell in the summer of 2024, but by the end of January 2025 the prison was once again full. In its 2024/5 annual report published on 24 June 2025, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Leicester has found that prison staff were striving to manage the very high turnover of prisoners in an ageing prison that requires significant capital investment.

The 2024 annual report for HMP/YOI Hindley is now published.

Despite some positive policy changes and staffing improvements over the past year, the 2024 national annual report from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), published today (19 June 2025) reveals that places of detention, including prisons, young offender institutions (YOIs), and immigration detention facilities, continue to grapple with deep-rooted issues.

HMP Lowdham Grange was a prison in crisis after the contract to run it was handed from one private company to another. However, conditions have improved since it was taken back into public control under HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). Despite this, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) notes in its 2024-25 annual report (published today, 18 June 2025) that the prison still has problems with the use of drugs and insufficient mental health support.

The 2024 annual report for HMP Exeter is now published.

The 2024-25 annual report for London short-term holding facilities (STHF) is now published.

The 2024 annual report for HMP Northumberland is now published.

Staffing shortages meant that regular wing and small unit lockdowns were in operation throughout most of 2024 in HMP Full Sutton. Whilst levels of prisoner unemployment fell, incidents of serious violence have doubled since the previous reporting period, says the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) in its 2024 annual report published today (5 June 2025).

The 2023-24 annual report for HMP/YOI Deerbolt is now published.