Sudbury inspection report 2023
Report for Sudbury Prison
Summary
HMP Sudbury, located near Ashbourne in Derbyshire, is an open prison holding just over 600 adult men. This was our first full inspection of the prison since 2017, when we reported on a successful institution that was achieving reasonably good outcomes against all four of our healthy prison tests. At this inspection it was pleasing to report that success had been sustained and that there had been further improvements in rehabilitation and release planning outcomes, which we now judged to be good, our highest assessment. The prison remained overwhelmingly safe. New prisoners received good care and support, and violent incidents were rare. In our survey very few prisoners suggested that they had ever felt unsafe, but a few told us they had been victimised.