Recommendation 1
Recommendation (the Board's words)Is the minister satisfied that there are sufficient secure hospital places to cope promptly with the demand?
Source text verified
Independent Monitoring Boards annual report
Leicester
Report year 2022
Published 8 Jul 2022
Type Prison, category local male adult prison
Responsible body HMP Leicester
7 recommendations
Original IMB report page ↗ Ministerial response, 8 Sep 2022 ↗ imb.org.uk ↗
The summary and positive findings below were written from the report by an AI model. The Board's own wording is in the report linked above.
Summary
Summary written by this site (AI-generated)HMP Leicester maintained its status as a well-run establishment during the reporting year, demonstrating strong leadership and staff commitment despite ongoing Covid-19 restrictions. Safety remained a high priority, with reductions in violence and self-harm, improved security, and good management of Covid cases. However, the Board raised significant concerns regarding the long waits for mental health transfers, the management of IPP prisoners, and the impact of a high remand population on resettlement, alongside persistent issues with staff recruitment and retention.
Positive findings
Summary written by this site (AI-generated)HMP Leicester remained a well-run establishment with strong leadership and staff commitment, evidenced by good teamwork and efforts to maintain services. The prison remained safe, with excellent Covid management, reduced violence and self-harm, improved security, and falling drug availability. Prisoners reported feeling safe, were treated fairly, and benefited from good staff-prisoner engagement. Healthcare provision was very good, enhanced by integrated substance misuse services, and the installation of in-cell telephony was a major positive development for prisoners.
Recommendations
- Recommendation 1Addressed to Ministry of Justice
- Recommendation 2Addressed to Ministry of Justice
- Recommendation 3Addressed to Ministry of Justice
Key concerns
- Key concern 1Mental Health
- Key concern 2Resettlement/Release
- Key concern 3Resettlement/Release
Recommendations 7 items · 5 repeated
Recommendations were extracted from the report by AI, and responses and their status from the ministerial response by AI. Each recommendation shows whether its wording has been checked against the report.
Recommendation 2
Recommendation (the Board's words)Does the minister agree that allowing them to make progress to safe discharge should have a higher priority?
Source text verified
Recommendation 3
Recommendation (the Board's words)Can the minister reassure the Board that this will be addressed soon?
Source text verified
Recommendation 4
Recommendation (the Board's words)Is the minister able to work with colleagues in the criminal justice system to address this situation?
Source text verified
Recommendation 5
Recommendation (the Board's words)The Board would like to draw the minister’s attention to its continued concerns about the service provided (5.1.2).
Source text verified
Recommendation 6
Recommendation (the Board's words)What plans does the prison service have to address this?
Source text verified
Recommendation 7
Recommendation (the Board's words)For these reasons, the Board requests that the prison service treats Leicester as a priority for its installation.
Source text verified
Key concerns 7 items
Key concerns were extracted from the report text by an AI model.
Key concern 1
The transfer of seriously mentally ill prisoners
Key concern 2
The management of prisoners serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP)
Key concern 3
The new arrangements for resettlement services
Key concern 4
The increasing number of prisoners waiting for court hearings
Key concern 5
The performance of Amey Commercial
Key concern 6
Re-introduction of key working and staff recruitment and retention
Key concern 7
The installation of in-cell information technology
Safety statistics
Incidents during the reporting year.
| Indicator | This year | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in custody | 0 | not recorded |
| Self-harm incidents | 272 | 455 |
| ACCT cases opened | 254 | 325 |
| Prisoner assaults | 49 | 53 |
| Assaults on staff | 63 | 54 |
| Use of force | 365 | 395 |
| Drug finds | 39 | 58 |
Population
| Operational capacity | 280 |
| Time out of cell | 2.0h/day |
Applications to the IMB
| Category | Current | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Accommodation (including transfers) | 11 | 16 |
| Activities/Work/Education | 8 | 13 |
| Adjudications | 2 | 4 |
| Bullying/attitude/unfair treatment by staff | 14 | 21 |
| Chaplaincy | 0 | 0 |
| Discrimination/Equality | 0 | 0 |
| Food | 8 | 10 |
| Health/Dentist/Medical | 11 | 13 |
| Laundry | 0 | 0 |
| Legal | 0 | 2 |
| Money/Private cash | 2 | 1 |
| Other | 14 | 34 |
| Property | 2 | 8 |
| Release/Resettlement | 3 | 11 |
| Safety | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 77 | 138 |
| Visits | 1 | 1 |
Report details
- Establishment
- Leicester
- Type
- Prison, category local male adult prison
- Report year
- 2022
- Published
- 8 July 2022
- Responsible body
- HMP Leicester
- Recommendations
- 7
- MoJ rating (2025/26)
- 2, Concern
Service providers
| Service | Provider |
|---|---|
| Catering suppliers | Bidfood |
| Community rehabilitation company | Commissioned Rehabilitative Services |
| Dental care | Time for Teeth |
| Education and skills | PeoplePlus |
| Escort contractor | GEOAmey |
| Healthcare | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Integrated drug and alcohol treatment services | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Library services | Leicestershire County Council (LCC) |
| Maintenance | Amey |