Tag: HMP Lowdham Grange

Letter from Lord James Timpson MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to the Lowdham Grange 2023-24 annual report.

The prison was the first in Britain to undergo a change of contractor. The change brought a raft of problems which were highlighted in the Independent Monitoring Board’s (IMB) report to the Ministry of Justice. The concerns sparked an unannounced inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and following their highly critical report His Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) stepped in to take over the running of the prison. It is now being taken back into full public ownership.

Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Lowdham Grange for reporting year 1 February 2023 – 31 January 2024.

Letter from Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to the Lowdham Grange 2022-23 annual report.

Safety is a serious concern at HMP Lowdham Grange, for the second year running, with three apparently self-inflicted deaths in three weeks, says the independent monitoring board (IMB). The IMB took the unusual step of publishing an annex to its 2022-3 report, alerting ministers to its concerns following the change of management of the prison.

Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Lowdham Grange for reporting year 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2023.

Letter from Stuart Andrew MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to the Lowdham Grange 2021-22 annual report.

Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Lowdham Grange for reporting year 1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022.

Letter from Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to Lowdham Grange 2020-21 annual report.

Letter from Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to Lowdham Grange 2019-20 annual report.