Liverpool independent review of progress 2026
Report for Liverpool Prison
Summary
we found at our last inspection At our previous inspections of HMP Liverpool in 2022 and 2025, we made the following judgements . Figure 1: HMP Liverpool healthy prison outcomes in 2022 and 2025 Note: rehabilitation and release planning became ‘preparation for release’ in October 2023. In 2025, we found that Liverpool’s re-designation back to being a reception prison had been well managed. However, the resultant change to a now more unstable and transient population, with a larger proportion on remand, had, in part, led to a disappointing reduction in the scores against three of our healthy prison tests. The prison was being continuously targeted by serious organised crime gangs, which often used drones to deliver drugs and other contraband. Good relationships between officers and prisoners were a strength, but there had been seven suicides and high levels of self-harm since the previous inspection in 2022.