Bullingdon independent review of progress 2026
Report for Bullingdon Prison
Summary
we found at our last inspection At our previous inspections of HMP Bullingdon in 2022 and 2025 we made the following judgements . Figure 1: HMP Bullingdon healthy prison outcomes in 2022 and 2025 In 2025, in several key areas, outcomes for prisoners had deteriorated, and many of the concerns we had previously raised remained unaddressed. The widespread availability of illicit drugs was driving violence, debt and bullying across the prison. Drones were the primary route of ingress, but physical security measures had failed to keep pace with the evolving threat, and the prison service had not done enough to help tackle the problem. Staffing shortfalls continued to affect all areas of the prison, and relationships between staff and prisoners were not good enough. This was not helped by the limited regime, which meant that over half the population was locked up during the working day, and Ofsted graded the overall effectiveness of education, skills and work as inadequate.