Manchester urgent notification 2024
Report for Manchester Prison
Summary
Urgent Notification for HMP Manchester issued on 9 October 2024. HM INSPECTORATE OF PRISONS 3rd floor 10 South Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 4PU Tel: 020 3334 0353 E-mail: [email protected] HM Chief Inspector of Prisons CHARLIE TAYLOR Date: 9 October 2024 The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State Ministry of Justice 102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ Dear Secretary of State, Urgent Notification: HMP Manchester In accordance with the Protocol between HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and the Ministry of Justice dated October 2019, I am writing to you to invoke the Urgent Notification process following our unannounced inspection of HMP Manchester that took place between 17th September and 3rd October 2024. The Protocol sets out that this letter will be placed in the public domain, and that the Secretary of State commits to respond publicly within 28 days. At this inspection we found a concerning decline in outcomes in three of our four healthy prison tests and leaders had made little progress in addressing our previous concerns. Organised criminal activity, serious violence, widespread drug use and staff who lacked confidence and capability had led to an unstable environment. Outcomes in safety and respect had collapsed and the prison was not fulfilling its core function as a training prison, with very poor delivery of education, training and work.