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In its 2025-26 annual report (published 14 July 2026) the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Lowdham Grange notes that the prison is gradually overcoming the problematic change between private contractors since the Prison Service has taken control. However, the introduction of a ‘cohorting regime’ in high security prisons nationally resulted in only half the prisoners in a wing being allowed out of their cells at any one time, leading to unstable and unpredictable regimes and growing frustration among prisoners.

The 2025-26 annual report for HMP Berwyn is now published.

In its 2025-26 annual report (published 9 July 2026), the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at Lancaster Farms prison expressed concern about the impact of new education contracts on the available provision of education and training. Despite claims from the Ministry of Justice that overall spending on prison education is not being reduced, the IMB highlight that the new prisoner education services contracts, which came into effect in the autumn of 2025, resulted in a 41% reduction in hours of education provided in the first year of the contract at HMP Lancaster Farms.

In its 2025 annual report published on 8 July 2026, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Leeds has again called into question the adequacy of support systems in prison, as self-inflicted deaths remain at persistently high levels for the second year running.

The 2025 annual report for HMP/YOI Hollesley Bay is now published.

The 2025-26 annual report for HMP Ranby is now published.

The 2024 annual report for Heathrow immigration removal centre is now published.

In its latest annual report for 2025-26 the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at Leicester prison expressed concern about the increasing number of men who leave the prison without accommodation. With nowhere suitable to go once released, prisoners struggle to access the support they need in the community, increasing the likelihood of reoffending.

The 2025-26 annual report for HMP/YOI Lewes is now published.

The 2025 annual report for Kent Coast STHF is now published.