Feltham inspection report 2025
Summary
This inspection of HMP Feltham B was the first since the prison’s re-designation as a category C adult male establishment following many years operating as a young offender institute (YOI). This transition was not helped by a failure on the part of HMMPS to plan enough education and work for the new population. In addition to this new designation, there had been substantial structural and organisational changes since our last visit, most notably a complete separation from Feltham A, a children’s YOI that shares the same site. The appointment of the first dedicated governor for Feltham B in May 2024 was, consequently, a positive step. He had already initiated what he hoped would be improvements, although these had yet to translate fully into improved outcomes assessments across our four healthy prison tests. Most prominent amongst the recent achievements was the abolition of the practice of keeping prisoners who were in conflict apart from one another, facilitating the of free flow movement to education, work, and other elements of the regime.