Durham inspection report 2022
Report for Durham Prison
Summary
Largely rebuilt in 1881, HMP Durham is a men’s category B reception prison that accepts prisoners from across the north of England. At the time of our inspection there were 959 prisoners, of whom 606 were on remand. More than a third of the prison’s population were receiving support for substance misuse. Much credit must go to the impressive governor and to what was a generally strong leadership team, who had worked together to reduce the supply of drugs into the prison. This had contributed to a more than 60% fall in violence since our last inspection, making the prison one of the safer locals in the country. Throughout the inspection the prison felt calm and generally well-ordered.