Recommendations 13 items · 10 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.
Addressee: Ministry of Justice · Topic: Resettlement · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How will the Minister reduce or mitigate the systemic disruption to release planning and preparation caused by early release schemes, and the increased workload on already over-stretched staff resulting from by sentence recalculations and pre-release checks?
Addressee: Ministry of Justice · Topic: Mental Health · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
Does the Minister consider that sufficient progress has been made to meet the needs of men with significant mental health needs in the prison system? If not, what further action is planned to address the remaining gaps in provision?
Addressee: Ministry of Justice · Topic: Equality · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
What urgent action will the Minister take to address the persistent cross-border issues that adversely affect English prisoners who are jailed in Wales?
Addressee: Ministry of Justice · Topic: Estate · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
What concrete steps will be taken to secure the resources needed to address long-standing infrastructure failures? For example, the heating system required expensive hired temporary boilers all winter in every building despite previous attempts to repair it. It is now understood that the original contractor is no longer engaged.
Addressee: Ministry of Justice · Topic: Estate
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How will the Minister ensure that the design and specification failures experienced at HMP Berwyn (including the heating system and lack of facilities for prisoners on the enhanced level of the incentives scheme) are not replicated in future prison developments? What accountability measures are in place to prevent this?
Addressee: HMPPS · Topic: Resettlement · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How can the very high turnover of prisoners be reduced and the prison population stabilised, thereby supporting a more settled experience for prisoners and allowing them to complete meaningful training, self-development and resettlement?
Addressee: HMPPS · Topic: Safety
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How can the adult prison estate be made safer for vulnerable young people who are being transferred from the youth estate aged 18, so that they experience an appropriate regime and support?
Addressee: HMPPS · Topic: Estate · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How can the facilities management processes and performance of the third-party contractor be improved so that services are more responsive and the prison is maintained to a higher standard?
Addressee: HMPPS · Topic: Family Contact
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How will the Prison Service address the failure to locate prisoners closer to their families, and what measures will be put in place to expedite compassionate transfers for those experiencing significant family changes?
Addressee: Governor / Director · Topic: Healthcare · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
What assurance can be given that all prisoners receive medication on time in every area of the prison, including on arrival, on residential wings, and in the care and separation unit, and that this is consistently achieved in practice? In particular, how will effective management of medication queues be enforced to minimise behavioural issues while ensuring no prisoner misses required medication?
Addressee: Governor / Director · Topic: Staffing · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How can standards be improved by supporting experienced staff, stabilising staff turnover and roll changes, and by developing staff at all levels within their roles, so that both productivity and expertise improves, thereby improving the daily experience of prisoners?
Addressee: Governor / Director · Topic: Complaints · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How can all aspects of the complaints system perform responsively?
Addressee: Governor / Director · Topic: Safety · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How can consistent provision of safety and protective equipment be ensured? This includes whites for serving food, sunscreen and hats for men working outdoors, safety boots and protective equipment for men in workshops.