Onley inspection report 2022
Report for Onley Prison
Summary
HMP Onley is a category C training and resettlement prison in rural Northamptonshire. The work of this jail was being constrained by the staffing situation which was one of the worst I have seen. The nearby convergence of two motorways meant that there were many local employers to compete with. The jail is also next to a private prison which was able to pay a substantially higher starting salary to new officers and operational support grades. It is not far from the recently opened Five Wells, which again pays more and to the south, prisons such as Aylesbury and Woodhill (both themselves struggling with staffing levels), are able to pay a market supplement. The prison was unable to deliver a proper category C regime.