Lincoln inspection report 2020
Report for Lincoln Prison
Summary
The prison faced a particular challenge in managing rehabilitation and release planning, which was complicated by a great variation in the lengths of stay experienced by those held. Alongside the usually local, shorter-stay remand and convicted population, the prison also held many longer sentence prisoners, who were often brought to the prison from well out of the area. The analysis of need in the prison called for some improvement and a strategy that addressed more comprehensively the needs of all was still required. That said, most eligible prisoners had an up-todate assessment of risk and need (OASys), although there were quite poor levels of contact between prisoners and prison offender managers. Many prisoners held in Lincoln presented quite high risks of harm and it was our view that public protection arrangement needed to be more robust: we make this issue one of our key recommendations. Far too many prisoners were released homeless, which was not helped by some complicated contractual issues among providers and restrictions that seemed to inhibit the prison’s ability to grip the issue.