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The 2022-23 annual report for HMP Lincoln is now published.

The 2022 annual report for HMP Liverpool is now published.

The 2022-23 annual report for HMP Whitemoor is now published.

Over half of the prisoner population at HMP Coldingley still live in cramped unimproved wings built in the 1960s, lacking in-cell sinks and toilets that are standard in nearly all other prisons. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Coldingley in Surrey have been shocked at the worsening and unhygienic state of its decrepit sanitation.

The following ministerial responses to annual reports are now available to view: Berwyn 2022-23, Downview 2022-23, Erlestoke 2022-23, Lewes 2022-23, Low Newton 222-23, Maidstone 2022-23, Moorland 2022-23, Norwich 2022-23, Oakwood 2022-23, Ranby 2022-23, Rochester 2022-23, Rye Hill 2022-23

The 2022-23 annual report for HMP Stafford is now published.

The 2022-23 annual report for HMP Woodhill is now published.

The 2021-22 annual report for HMP/YOI Parc is now published.

The 2022 annual report for HMP Isle of Wight is now published.

The prison population across England and Wales is nearly at capacity, and whilst new prison places are being added, the growth in capacity is not yet sufficient to deal with the number of prisoners in the system. At HMP Wealstun this has resulted in the doubling up of cells. The shortage of officers is also impacting Wealstun’s ability to function as a resettlement prison, with men locked up for long periods of time and limited workshop and educational opportunities.