Dovegate inspection report 2020
Report for Dovegate Prison
Summary
The prison held many high risk of harm prisoners serving long sentences. The majority had an offender assessment (OASys) although sentence plan reviews were often missed. Contact between offender supervisors and prisoners was reasonable. Public protection arrangements, including planning for release, were robust. Offending behaviour work was well managed but provision for vulnerable prisoners and one-to-one interventions was more limited. Support for the considerable number of prisoners being released needed to be better, with meaningful reviews of resettlement needs and plans prior to departure currently lacking and many individuals being released without a settled address.