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The 2023-24 annual report for HMP Wakefield is now published.

The 2023-24 annual report for HMP Brixton is now published.

The 2023-24 annual report for HMP Wormwood Scrubs is now published.

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for Feltham today (6 February 2025) publishes its annual report for the year September 2023 to August 2024. HMP Feltham covers two sites, one that acts as a young offenders’ institution (YOI) for boys under the age of 18 and one that is for adult males.

The 2023-24 annual report for HMP/YOI New Hall is now published.

In its 2023-24 annual report published on 31 January 2025, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Channings Wood has yet again reported on the impact that national pressures have on the delivery of critical functions intended to reduce reoffending. Overcrowding regularly adds strain to a system already under pressure, at times preventing it from fulfilling the necessary functions of a training and resettlement prison. That staff can generally cope with a range of challenges, including a huge inflow and outflow of prisoners caused by the closure of HMP Dartmoor, is commendable.

The 2023-24 annual report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for HMP Cardiff (published 29 January 2025) highlights the impact of ongoing national prison population pressures. The prison has been at operational capacity or very close to it, for the majority of the reporting year, which has created challenges in ensuring conditions for prisoners are safe, decent and humane.

The 2023-24 annual report for HMP Fosse Way is now published.

The 2023-24 Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) annual report for Elmley prison (published today, 21 January 2025) highlights key aspects of prisoner welfare support that fail to meet national expectations, placing prisoners at risk. Indeed, the standard of accommodation in one area of the prison poses a dangerous fire risk according to the Prison Service’s own assessment. 

The 2023-24 annual report for HMP/YOI Aylesbury is now published.