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The 2023-24 annual report for HMP Garth is now published.

The 2024-25 annual report for HMP Lindholme is now published.

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Lancaster Farms has today (9 July 2025) published its 2024-25 annual report which highlights the increasing number of complaints the Board received about healthcare provision. Issues raised include problems men had accessing specialist mental health services, delays accessing dental and GP services, as well as hospital appointments when moving between prisons, and withdrawal from pain medication.

Better living conditions but continued concerns about safety at HMP Lewes feature prominently in the Independent Monitoring Board’s (IMB) annual report for 2024/25, published today (8 July 2025). The Board welcomes the big increase in the amount of time prisoners can spend out of their cells for activities such as exercise, work and education, and recognises the work of the prison’s leadership and staff to make and sustain this change.

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.

The 2024-25 annual report for HMP/YOI Low Newton is now published.

The 2024-25 annual report for South and East STHF is now published.

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.