Liverpool inspection report 2022
Report for Liverpool Prison
Summary
Built in the mid-19th century, HMP Liverpool, a reception and resettlement prison, holds just over 800 adult men. At the time of our inspection the jail was in a process of transition with the intention that its traditional frontline reception responsibilities will end, and it will become a category C resettlement prison. This process had been delayed by the impact of the pandemic, and so the prison still held a significant minority of unconvicted and unsentenced prisoners. Overall, this was a very encouraging inspection. At our visit in 2017, we found a prison in a parlous state, and our criticisms led HMPPS to make urgent and radical interventions, including a sharp reduction in the prison population. In part, this reduction in roll facilitated a programme of refurbishment to better the conditions experienced by those held in the prison.