Foston Hall independent review of progress 2022
Report for Foston Hall Prison and Young Offender Institution
Summary
we found a deterioration in the regime and the provision of purposeful activity. Of greater concern, however, were the safety outcomes which we judged to be poor, our lowest assessment, with levels of violence was very high. There was far more frequent use of the poor segregation unit, often for women in crisis and at risk of self-harm. Recorded levels of self-harm were also the highest in the women’s estate. The prison had no strategy to reduce self-harm or improve the care for those in crisis. Although the officer group was fully staffed, nearly a third were non-effective and non-deployable, which undermined the work to improve outcomes, particularly on safety. 1.4 During this review visit, we examined 12 key recommendations and our colleagues in Ofsted addressed three themes in accordance with their methodology. There had been good progress in three of the areas reviewed, reasonable progress in five and insufficient progress in a further five, leaving two showing no meaningful progress. Report of an independent review of progress at HMP & YOI Foston Hall 3 1.5 Outcomes in our safety test remained a major concern.