Inspection Team 2. Population Profile 3. As always, the principal victims of this sort of situation are prisoners, whose treatment and conditions inevitably suffer, with good staff, who want to do a good job, not far behind them. This report is yet another indictment of what happens if local prisons are not given clear direction as to their role, resources with which to carry that out, and swift help in resolving industrial relations disputes. Let me begin with impoverishment, which is obvious from the moment that a prisoner is received into the prison.
Reception is housed in a wholly unsuitable location, cramped and containing many unsafe features.
Having been received, there are no set down first night procedures, and prisoners are located to where there is a space rather than where it is most appropriate for them to go. There is then no induction programme for prisoners, and no personal officer scheme. Thus prisoners do not know what is or is not on offer, nor is anyone specifically allocated to take care of their needs. Once on their wings, there are only a maximum of 142 activity places for the 238 prisoners, so the majority will spend their days locked up. There is no sentence planning.