Prisons: Standards
(asked on 30th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons are currently in special measures.
This question was answered on 7th May 2019
The following prisons are in special measures as of 01 May 2019:
Aylesbury, Bedford, Birmingham, Bristol, Chelmsford, Elmley, Exeter, Guys Marsh, Hewell, Lewes, Liverpool, Nottingham, The Mount, Wandsworth, Winchester, and Wormwood Scrubs.
Special measures are put in place where an assessment of performance based on a combination of data, management information, judgement from senior operational management and external scrutiny determines that a prison needs additional specialist support to improve to an acceptable level.