Parc inspection report 2020
Report for Parc Prison and Young Offender Institution
Summary
We have explained our concerns and made recommendations to address them, and I shall only make specific mention of a few of them in this as they are clearly set out in the relevant sections of the report. It is important to note that 17% of the prisoners held at Parc had been convicted of sexual offences, but intervention provision was woefully inadequate. It was certainly the case that some prisoners were transferred to other prisons to receive appropriate interventions, but given the size of the sex offender population at Parc, there should have been provision within the establishment itself. As an inspectorate, we frequently highlight how important it is that prisoners are released to settled accommodation to begin their life back in the community. The lack of appropriate, or as we see far too often, any accommodation at all, is widely recognised as a major factor that can contribute to reoffending. At Parc, some 100 prisoners were released on average each month, and 17% of them did not have an address to go to.