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Every prison and immigration removal centre has its own Independent Monitoring Board, and each Board publishes an annual report on how that establishment is actually being run. These are some of the most useful independent accounts of prison life there are – written by unpaid volunteers who have regular, unannounced access to the wings, not by the prison itself.
The information on this page is based on the law in England & Wales. If you’re in Scotland, click here for the guide for your jurisdiction. If you’re in Northern Ireland, click here for that guide.
Boards do not all publish at the same time of year, so some of the reports below are only a few weeks old and others are from the previous reporting cycle. The table lists the most recent report we could find for each establishment, in alphabetical order. If a prison you’re after isn’t listed below, or you want to check for something even more recent, the Independent Monitoring Boards’ own full report archive is kept up to date as new reports are published.