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HMIPS Inspections

164 inspections 18 establishments 219 IPM reports 11 response documents

HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) inspects the Scottish Prison Service estate against 9 Standards and 85 quality indicators, each rated Good, Satisfactory, Generally Acceptable, Poor, Unacceptable or Not Applicable. Full inspections publish addressee-tagged Desired Outcomes rather than numbered recommendations.

HMIPS announced a standards revision and a move to unannounced inspections (Jun 2026) — report formats may vary through the transition.

Inspections

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Response documents

Outcome letters, action plans, ministerial correspondence
Oct 2025 Ministerial correspondence Correspondence from Angela Constance MSP Cabinet Secretary JHA to Sara Snell - Overcrowding - 24 September 2025 · PDF
Oct 2025 Ministerial correspondence HMIPS - Letter to Cabinet Secretary - Overcrowding - September 2025 · PDF
May 2024 Outcome letter HMIPS - HMCIPS - Unannounced inspection - HMP Addiewell - April 2024 - Outcome - Letter to Samantha Pariser Director HMP Addiewell - 17 May 2024 · PDF
May 2024 Ministerial correspondence Correspondence from Angela Constance MSP Cabinet Secretary JHA - Prison population - HMCIPS - 16 May 2024 · PDF
May 2024 Ministerial correspondence Correspondence from Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs to HMIPS - 7 May 2024 · PDF
May 2024 Ministerial correspondence HMCIPS - Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs - 2 May 2024 - Scottish Prisons - Overcrowding · PDF
Apr 2024 Ministerial correspondence HMCIPS - Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs - 10 April 2024 - HMIPS - Repeated Calls for the Cessation of Routine Body Searching in the Women' · PDF
Other What next for prisons in Scotland · PDF

Data from HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.