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

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

In its 2023-24 annual report, published on 13 September 2024, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Rye Hill has found that the priority given to building a long-term community amongst prisoners has enabled the prison to continue the progress made over recent years and improve outcomes for prisoners.

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Usk and Prescoed has published its 2023-24 Annual Report for 2023-24 today, 6 September 2024. The report details findings of members regular monitoring visits to the prisons. The Board considers both HMP Usk and HMP Prescoed to be well managed prisons, with the regimes  designed to prepare prisoners for safe release and successful resettlement into the community.

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

The population of HMP/YOI Downview rose by 75% from lockdown measures in autumn 2020 to a peak in 2024, placing increasing pressure on the operation of the prison. In its 2023-2024 annual report published today (3 September 2024), the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) highlight a number of concerns.

In its 2023-24 annual report published today (30 August 2024), the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Swaleside has found that difficulties in maintaining full staffing levels have impacted the prison’s ability to provide a consistent and engaging regime for prisoners. Healthcare is still reliant on agency staff to fill gaps, and there is no budget or staff for the resettlement function.

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

The Gatwick Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) has found failings in safeguarding processes, which were identified in the Brook House Inquiry, that have still not been addressed. Together with failings in release processes, this has resulted in many vulnerable people being unnecessarily subjected to the harmful effects of immigration detention. Its 2023 annual report, published today (29 August 2024), also raises concerns about the use of ‘Operation Safeguard’, which has transferred men previously held in prisons under immigration powers to Immigration Removal Centres, in order to relieve current population pressures on prisons. This has meant that men with a higher risk profile were being detained alongside very vulnerable individuals, which had an impact on the safety of the centre.