Ranby independent review of progress 2023
Report for Ranby Prison
Summary
inspectors were sympathetic to the idea of a gradual return to full activity, leaders had been far too cautious in their approach. We found the very well-resourced workshops almost empty, only a handful of prisoners attended classes, and the orderlies were usually the only ones in the library. More than half of prisoners were unemployed and many were stuck in their cells or on their spurs with little or nothing to occupy their time. Many prisoners spent a shocking 23 hours a day locked in their cells. Furthermore, not enough was being done to provide adequate services for the many prisoners transferred to the establishment for resettlement as they reached the Report of an independent review of progress at HMP Ranby 3 end of their sentences. The offender management unit (OMU) was woefully under-resourced for the population, leading one frustrated prisoner to quip: ‘OM-who?’.