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

The 2024-25 annual report for Buckley Hall is now published.

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Swaleside has raised concerns about high levels of violence and the widespread availability of illicit substances in its 2024-25 annual report (published 14 October 2025). The Board reports that a significant proportion of prison officers have less than one year’s experience, which has adversely affected staff-prisoner relationships and undermined the stability of the prison regime.

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Wandsworth is pleased to note in its 2024-25 annual report (published 10 October 2025), that positive new leadership and a sense of strategic direction has enabled the prison to begin to address long-term problems.

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

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

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at Norwich prison has highlighted that the failing infrastructure of the prison and high levels of violence and drug use are undermining the positive rehabilitation work undertaken by prison staff.

The 2024-25 annual report of the North West and Midlands STHF is now published.

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

With unsanitary and overcrowded accommodation, and largely inadequate preparation for release, the conditions in which prisoners must live are inhumane and contribute to mental health issues, self-harm and violence, says the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Pentonville in its 2024-25 annual report, published on 2 October 2025.