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You can find our published national thematic monitoring reports here.

2024

Chaos in the crisis – the damaging loss of prisoners’ personal property (September 2024)
Segregation of men with mental health needs (January 2024)

2023

Safety and regime in the youth estate (August 2023)
Mental health concerns in women’s prisons (May 2023)
The impact of IPP sentences on prisoners’ wellbeing (May 2023)

Ministerial responses

2024

2023

Safety and regime in the youth estate – response from Damien Hinds MP, Minister of State for Justice. (August 2023)