Recommendation 1
Sustained effective healthcare and medicines management that delivers for the residents of HMP Stafford and not just PPG targets
Source · IMB Annual Report
Stafford
AI-generated report summary HMP Stafford, a Category C training prison for men convicted of sexual offences, navigated significant challenges during the reporting period, primarily systemic failures in medicines management, Covid-19 outbreaks, and staff shortages impacting the regime. While the Board noted severe concerns regarding healthcare and the lack of in-cell phones, it commended staff resilience, low violence levels, good education attendance, and effective resettlement efforts, particularly in securing accommodation for released residents.
Year: 2022
Published: 21 Sep 2022
Type: Prison · Cat C
Population: 741
Recommendations: 3
Key concerns
Positive findings
Safety statistics
| Indicator | This year | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in custody | 6 | — |
| Use of force | 68 | 66 |
Positive findings
AI-generated summaryThe Board can only praise both staff and residents for their forbearance and resilience during these extremely difficult times. The prison demonstrated low levels of violence and drug abuse, and residents consistently felt safe. Patient-facing healthcare staff received positive feedback, and mental health services were well-regarded. The prison was kept remarkably clean, and food provision was praised. Education attendance averaged 90%, and the education team was commended for innovative delivery. The Board was pleased that all but one resident released had accommodation.
Key concerns
Sustained effective healthcare and medicines management that delivers for the residents of HMP Stafford and not just PPG targets
For the prison to move to more of a Cat C rather than Cat B feel
The need to introduce modern in-cell phone technology (fixed or mobile)
What was different during the last 12 months was the appalling way some Foreign National residents were treated when being sent home, especially, it would appear, those convicted of a sexual offence. On one such occasion the Board had to seek the support of the Secretariat to try and alleviate the treatment a resident was receiving as he was constantly being returned to HMP Stafford from Heathrow Airport as a result of flight cancellations or unavailable escorts.
Impact of a persistent legionella outbreak necessitating temporary porta-showers and closure of many wing shower areas, severely impacting residents' ability to obtain showers, especially those with disabilities.
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Situations existed where a resident diagnosed with severe dementia, doubly incontinent and frequently falling was expected to cope in a cell when multiple beds were available in the SCU.
Recommendations
Recommendation 2
For the prison to move to more of a Cat C rather than Cat B feel
Recommendation 3
The need to introduce modern in-cell phone technology (fixed or mobile)
Applications to the IMB
| Category | Current | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Accommodation, including laundry, clothing, ablutions | 9 | 2 |
| Canteen, facility list, catalogue(s) | 3 | 2 |
| Discipline, including adjudications, incentives schemes, sanctions | 5 | 0 |
| Equality | 4 | 1 |
| Finance, including pay, private monies, spends | 3 | 1 |
| Food and kitchens | 1 | 0 |
| Health, including physical, mental, social care | 72 | 1 |
| Letters, visits, telephones, public protection restrictions | 5 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous, including complaints system | 19 | 2 |
| Property during transfer or in another establishment or location | 13 | 0 |
| Property within this establishment | 19 | 1 |
| Purposeful activity, including education, work, training, library, regime, time out of cell | 5 | 0 |
| Sentence management, including HDC, release on temporary licence, parole, release dates, recategorisation | 12 | 3 |
| Staff/resident concerns, including bullying | 16 | 4 |
| Transfers | 2 | 1 |
Related inspections & investigations
Safety 4
· Respect 4
· Activity 3
· Release 3
Malcolm Ball · Self-inflicted
Colin Bell · Natural causes
Dave McKillop · Self-inflicted
Mark Bradley · Self-inflicted
Other reports for Stafford
· Self-harm 66
· Concerns
Population 746
· Self-harm 131
· Concerns
Population 743
· Self-harm 99
· Concerns
Population 693
· Self-harm 116
· Concerns
Population 734
· Self-harm 101
· Concerns