East Sutton Park inspection report 2024
Report for East Sutton Park Prison and Young Offender Institution
Summary
East Sutton Park is an open prison near Maidstone in Kent, holding just under 100 women. Set in a rural location, the main building is a former manor house, where women live in dormitories, although during our inspection some of these were closed due to fire safety concerns. Within the grounds there are excellent additional accommodation units, capable of supporting semi-independent living. This was our first visit to the prison since 2016, and we found that it continued to deliver excellent outcomes for the women held. We assessed these as ‘good,’ our highest score, in three of our healthy prison tests. Only in purposeful activity had outcomes dropped slightly, to ‘reasonably good.’ The prison was overwhelmingly safe and respectful, and the well-being of women was prioritised.
Inspection ratings
Associated documents
- Easy read summary – East Sutton Park ( PDF, 476 KB )
- Population profile – East Sutton Park ( PDF, 144 KB )
- Prisoner survey methodology and results – East Sutton Park ( PDF, 386 KB )
- Prisoner survey analysis (Excel workbook) – East Sutton Park ( XLSX, 284 KB )
- Staff survey methodology and results – East Sutton Park ( PDF, 196 KB )