Feltham inspection report 2023
Summary
Feltham B is a YOI in west London for 18–21-year-olds that shares a site with the neighbouring under-18s facility. It contained 307 prisoners at the time of our inspection, a capacity that was reduced by the closure of three units. In the next year the population is expected to increase, with the maximum age of prisoners rising to 24. The last inspection, in 2019, was one of the most positive of recent years: we judged safety, respect, and rehabilitation and release planning to be reasonably good. Inspectors were, however, critical of the quality of purposeful activity, which they rated as poor. The findings in this inspection were dominated by the high levels of violence that were affecting the provision of almost every aspect of the jail.