Elmley independent review of progress 2023
Report for Elmley Prison
Summary
we found that outcomes continued to be not sufficiently good in all four of our healthy prison tests. 1.4 At this independent review of progress, we assessed progress against the 11 key recommendations for improvement, including four themes identified by Ofsted. Our findings were mostly positive; progress was reasonable or better in eight areas and insufficient in three. 1.5 The governor, who had been in post for 10 months, had an accurate view of the progress that the establishment had made. The site faced substantial staff shortages, but leaders (see Glossary) were focused on how to make improvements with the resources they had and were delivering more than many prisons with a similar or better staffing position. Report of an independent review of progress at HMP Elmley 3 1.6 The governor had prioritised improving purposeful activity, with some success. The quality of induction to education, skills and work was better, which meant that prisoners could be allocated to activities based on their needs and aspirations. In addition, work had been done to improve the quality of teaching, and managers now used data more effectively to monitor progress in education. As a consequence, prisoners, including those with learning difficulties and disabilities, were more likely to stay on their courses and achieve a qualification than at the time of the previous inspection.