Dec. 15 2023
Source Page: Immediate action to overhaul HMP BedfordFound: new Segregation Unit by spring 2024 The changes follow on from a critical review by His Majesty’s
Dec. 14 2023
Source Page: Understanding cultural change: a case study of an English prisonFound: Understanding cultural change: a case study of an English prison
Oral Evidence Dec. 13 2023
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: Ministry of Justice, and HM Prison and Probation Service Oral Evidence
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people were held in segregation for more than seven days in each of the young offender institutions in England and Wales during the last year.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Segregation is not used within the Youth Secure Estate. Children and young people are only temporarily separated from their peers as a very last resort. When this happens, they receive extra support from specially trained staff. Training is being escalated for every frontline officer, backed by £5 million of funding to improve care and support. Children and young people are never separated as a punishment.
The following table shows how many children and young people were separated for more than seven days in each of the young offender institutions in England and Wales during the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
Establishment | Separations |
Cookham Wood | 125 |
Feltham | 62 |
Parc | 30 |
Werrington | 64 |
Wetherby | 162 |
Notes:
Figures include any period of separation of more than seven days that began before, and ended after, 1 April 2022,
Any period of separation beginning within five days of a previous period of separation is counted as a single period of separation.
Cases of self-separation, where children or young people have chosen to separate themselves, are not included.
Dec. 06 2023
Source Page: Baroness Hollins' report on people with a learning disability and autistic people detained in Long Term Segregation: I. Letter from Baroness Hollins to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regarding the Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews. 9p. II. Final report: My heart breaks - solitary confinement in hospital has no therapeutic benefit for people with a learning disability and autistic people. 15p. III. (IC(E)TR) Oversight Panel’s solitary confinement code of practice framework. 12p. IV. Letter from Maria Caulfield MP to Baroness Hollins, Chair of the (IC(E)TR). 3p. DHSC (Government) response to individual recommendations. 15pFound: Baroness Hollins' report on people with a learning disability and autistic people detained in Long Term Segregation
Dec. 05 2023
Source Page: Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) Sixth ReportFound: prisoners and ex-prisoners.
Nov. 30 2023
Source Page: HMPPS Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23Found: The number of prisoners on recall was also significantly higher.
Mentions:
1: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) The inhumane segregation unit, once described as a rat-infested dungeon, was supposed to be shut down - Speech Link
Nov. 29 2023
Source Page: Huntercombe Prison: Action PlanFound: are independent inspectorates which provide scrutiny of the conditions for, and treatment of prisoners
Nov. 29 2023
Source Page: Huntercombe Prison: Action PlanFound: Despite the small number of prisoners in the segregation unit, the regime was limited and inconsistent