Tag: HMP/YOI Lewes

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

Concerns about safety and the length of time prisoners spend in their cells at HMP Lewes feature prominently in the Independent Monitoring Board’s (IMB) annual report for 2023/24, published today (10 July 2024). The Board notes that prison staff work hard to be able to give prisoners more time for activities such as work and education, but prisoners still spend too long locked in their cells – around 21 hours a day for those not doing purposeful activities. Time out of cell is especially limited at weekends.

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

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

Incidents of self-harm at HMP Lewes rose by nearly 40 percent from 353 to 490 during the 2022-2023 reporting year, says the Independent Monitoring Board in its latest annual report.

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

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

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

Letter from Alex Chalk MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, in response to Lewes 2020-21 annual report.

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