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We are aware of recent media coverage of an annual report that trivialises and undermines the findings of the Board. Scrutiny bodies provide oversight of places of detention and the treatment of those within them.

During 2022 Yarl’s Wood was repurposed as an Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) and Residential Short-Term Holding Facility (RSTHF) for men only. This change in population resulted in an increase in violent incidents, both between residents and against staff, as well as damage to the fabric of the building

The following ministerial responses to annual reports are now available to view: Frankland 2021-22, Full Sutton 2022, Gartree 2021-22, Grendon 2022, Hindley 2022, Isis 2022, Lindholme 2022-23, Lowdham Grange 2022-23, Springhill 2022

The remote location of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre is unsuitable, and leads to unfair and, in some respects, inhumane treatment of the women held there, many of whom are vulnerable and may have experience of trafficking.

The 2022-23 annual report for North West and Midlands STHF is now published.

The good resettlement work being done at HMP Leicester is being undermined by the high number of men released without accommodation, and therefore unable to take up job offers, says the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) in its 2022-23 annual report.  

The 2021-22 annual report for HMP Garth is now published.

The treatment of some, including the men on the aborted operation to Rwanda in June 2022, fell short of fair and humane, and added to their distress. The IMB Charter Flight Monitoring Team (CFMT) noted the following in their 2022 annual report.