Recommendation 1
Is the minister satisfied that there are sufficient secure hospital places to cope promptly with the demand?
Source · IMB Annual Report
Leicester
AI-generated report summary 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.
Year: 2022
Published: 8 Jul 2022
Type: Prison · Cat local male adult prison
Recommendations: 7
Key concerns
Positive findings
Safety statistics
| Indicator | This year | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in custody | 0 | — |
| 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 |
Positive findings
AI-generated summaryHMP 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.
Key concerns
The transfer of seriously mentally ill prisoners
The management of prisoners serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP)
The new arrangements for resettlement services
The increasing number of prisoners waiting for court hearings
The performance of Amey Commercial
Re-introduction of key working and staff recruitment and retention
The installation of in-cell information technology
Recommendations
Recommendation 2
Does the minister agree that allowing them to make progress to safe discharge should have a higher priority?
Recommendation 3
Can the minister reassure the Board that this will be addressed soon?
Recommendation 4
Is the minister able to work with colleagues in the criminal justice system to address this situation?
Recommendation 5
The Board would like to draw the minister’s attention to its continued concerns about the service provided (5.1.2).
Recommendation 6
What plans does the prison service have to address this?
Recommendation 7
For these reasons, the Board requests that the prison service treats Leicester as a priority for its installation.
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 |
Related inspections & investigations
Safety 2
· Respect 3
· Activity 1
· Release 3
Safety 3
· Respect 3
· Activity 2
· Release 3
Milburn, Ross · Other non-natural
Herbert, Adam · Other non-natural
Individual at Leicester · Self-inflicted
Michael Williams · State Custody related deaths; Suicide (from 2015)
Other reports for Leicester
Population 325
· Self-harm 314
· Concerns
Population 290
· Self-harm 379
· Concerns
· Self-harm 563
· Concerns
· Self-harm 226
· Concerns
Population 300
· Self-harm 455
· Concerns
Population 340
· Self-harm 471
· Concerns