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HMP Rye Hill continues to build a safer, more purposeful community through partnership and engagement
HMP Rye Hill has navigated significant expansion while continuing to prioritise maintaining safety, partnership working and purposeful activity. In its 2025–26 annual report, published on 14 August 2026, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Rye Hill has found that this privately-run establishment has maintained a safe and constructive environment, with extensive opportunities for prisoner engagement.
Yarl’s Wood IRC 2025 annual report published
The 2025 annual report for Yarl's Wood IRC is now published.
Immigration detention facilities may struggle with airport expansion
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for the South and West short-term holding facilities (STHFs) monitors and reports on the welfare of people in STHFs at Bristol and Cardiff airports, and Poole, Portsmouth and Newhaven seaports. The Board’s annual report (published 8 July 2025) highlights concerns around the lack of planning surrounding the expansion of Bristol airport and Home Office policy on the removal of prescribed medications.