Aylesbury inspection report 2023
Report for Aylesbury Prison
Summary
We inspected Aylesbury at a time of transition. An institution dating from the mid-19th century and formerly part of the high security estate, the prison had a longstanding function to hold up to 402 long-term and high-risk young adult prisoners. On 1 October, just months before our arrival, and in response to national population pressures, the prison had been re-designated a category C training establishment. We were told that this decision had been quite sudden and had involved only minimal planning and consultation. Prisoners had been arriving from other establishments since October, with category C prisoners now comprising adults who had yet to move on. Issues relating to this transition underpinned or were key contributory factors in almost all of our findings at this inspection.