Parc inspection report 2022
Report for Parc Prison and Young Offender Institution
Summary
HMP Parc, a category C jail in South Wales, is one of the largest prisons in the estate, holding 1623 prisoners at the time of our inspection. It has for a long time had a good reputation as a safe and decent prison, and I am pleased to report that it continues to operate successfully. The experienced and impressive director, backed by a strong leadership team, had been determined to return the prison to its pre-pandemic operations. This was helped by having an education provider that formed part of the same organisation; as a result, the service was retained on site during the lockdown and was able to get prisoners back into the classrooms and workshops quickly. The week of our inspection there had been some reductions in the regime due to staff and prisoner illness, but prior to that the prison was running a much better regime than I had recently seen in other jails. The prison had developed specialist units in many areas which showed how well the leadership team supported innovation and creativity.