Holme House inspection report 2023

Summary

Much has changed at Holme House, a large category C training and resettlement prison, in the last three years. In early 2020, we judged outcomes to be insufficiently good across all four of our healthy prison tests. In 2023 only in one test, purposeful activity, did we repeat that judgment. Leaders engaged staff and prisoners through meaningful consultation, and by encouraging them to contribute creative ideas to solve problems. The governor had enlisted the support of his managers in pursuing a style that was visible, committed and driven by a real desire to improve the experience of prisoners and staff alike. The greatest improvements were in respectful treatment of prisoners by staff.

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