The Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service are implementing improvement plans across the prison estate to address overcrowding, staffing shortages, rehabilitation programmes, and facility conditions. Recent action plans target specific prisons including Liverpool and Leicester, with broader concerns about purposeful activity, family visits, and inconsistent standards across prisons. This active policy responds to systemic challenges in prison operations and rehabilitation outcomes.
UIN: HCWS1518 On 27 February 2026, Dame Lynne Owens submitted to me her Independent Review into Releases in Error. I want to place on the record my personal thanks to Dame Lynne for the thoroughness of her findings and recommendations.I …
UIN: HLWS835 Today, I am laying before Parliament the HMPPS Annual Report on the IPP Sentence 2024/25, pursuant to Section 67 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.This Report sets out the activity taken across HMPPS for the financial year …
UIN: HLWS21 My Right Honourable Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP) has today made the following statement:"I would like to announce the decision to close HMP Dartmoor temporarily, as His Majesty’s …
UIN: HCWS458 This statement concerns the HM Chief Inspector of Prison’s decision to invoke an Urgent Notification at HMP Wandsworth.In accordance with the Protocol between HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and the MoJ, the Chief Inspector, Charlie Taylor, wrote to …
UIN: HLWS255 My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland) has made the following Written Statement."I am today announcing the Government’s plans for how Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will start to …