Stocken inspection report 2023
Report for Stocken Prison
Summary
Stocken is a men’s category C training prison in Rutland that held 1,051 prisoners at the time of our inspection. Prisoners arrived at the prison from across England, including from as far afield as the south coast or Liverpool. The acting governor came into post in September 2022 and since then had established a new vision that focused on building the competence, resilience and well-being of his staff, and getting prisoners back into purposeful activity. Staff recruitment and retention remained the biggest challenge for Stocken, with shortages in every area from officers, operational support grades and teachers. Despite this, the governor had prioritised purposeful activity and it was a refreshing change to visit a prison that was approaching its pre-pandemic activity levels. Free-flow of prisoners had been reintroduced and up to 500 men were moving peaceably around the prison to work, education or training.