Lowdham Grange independent review of progress 2026
Report for Lowdham Grange Prison
Summary
we found at our last inspection At our previous inspections of HMP Lowdham Grange in 2023 and 2025 we made the following judgements . Figure 1: Lowdham Grange healthy prison outcomes in 2023 and 2025 At the 2025 inspection, outcomes were so bad that serious consideration was given to invoking the urgent notification process. Violence, self-harm, use of force and illicit drug use were all high, while governance and support for vulnerable prisoners were poor. Important systems, such as those relating to complaints, visits and adjudications, were in disarray. An extremely poor health care service was endangering patient safety. There were regular shortages of prison officers, and the high number of inexperienced staff did not have enough mentoring or management support.