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Publishing its annual report for 2021, the independent monitoring board for Heathrow immigration removal centre says that the Home Office struggled to provide sufficient support for those detained there, who often felt frustrated and powerless as a result.

In its 2021 annual report, published today, the IMB’s Charter Flight Monitoring Team (CFMT) focuses on the inhumanity of confining people in vehicles for very long periods as they are transferred from immigration removal centres to the planes that will remove them from the UK.

The Gatwick IRC 2021 annual report is now published.

Publishing its annual report for 2021, when HMP Huntercombe was under a restricted regime because of Covid-19, the IMB at HMP Huntercombe welcomes progress in relation to phones and resettlement work, but continues to express concern about the number of foreign national prisoners who remain at Huntercombe after completing their sentences.

In its annual report for 2021-22, released today, the independent monitoring board (IMB) at HMP Lowdham Grange raises concerns about an increase in self-harm and assaults, associated with the continued restrictions on prison regimes, though it also commends the prison for mitigating Covid risks.

The 2021 annual report for HMP High Down is now published.

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

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

In its annual report for 2021-22, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Lancaster Farms notes that the prison succeeded in continuing to provide a safe environment for prisoners and meet most primary healthcare needs.

The following ministerial responses to annual reports are now available to view: Ministerial responses to reports published 2022: Askham Grange 2019-21 Drake Hall 2020-21 Featherstone 2020-21 Ford 2020-21 Foston Hall 2020-21 Frankland 2020-21 Grendon 2021 Guys Marsh 2020-21 Hollesley Bay 2021 Spring Hill 2021