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Ministerial response to 2021-22 national annual report

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The ministerial response to the 2021-22 national annual report is now published.

Downview 2021-22 annual report published

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

Littlehey 2021-22 annual report published

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

New Justice ministers ‘face a daunting in-tray’- say IMBs

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Prisons in England and Wales are struggling to provide safe, humane and rehabilitative regimes, due to the aftermath of the severe Covid restrictions, current staffing problems and other pressures, say the independent monitoring boards in their national annual report, published today.

Dungavel 2021 annual report published

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The 2021 annual report for Dungavel IRC is now published.

Publication of ministerial responses

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The following ministerial responses to annual reports are now available to view: Ministerial responses to reports published 2022: Oakwood 2021-22 Ranby 2021-22 Rye Hill 2021-22 Low Newton 2021-22 Maidstone 2021-22 Moorland 2021-22

Peterborough 2021-22 annual reports published

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The 2021-22 annual report for Peterborough (men) is now published The 2021-22 annual report for Peterborough (women) is now published

A staffing crisis and crumbling Victorian buildings are at the heart of HMP Wandsworth’s problems

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In its 2021/22 annual report, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Wandsworth highlights the negative impact on prisoners of staff shortages and wholly inadequate physical conditions on the wellbeing of prisoners.

Woodhill 2021-22 annual report published

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

Failures in medicines management at HMP Stafford

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The safety and humane treatment of residents (prisoners) has been severely and negatively impacted by medicines management at HMP Stafford, says the Independent Monitoring Board in its 2021-22 annual report, published today.