Thorn Cross inspection report 2023

Summary

Thorn Cross is an open prison in Cheshire with a capacity of 429 adult men. Located in a rural setting, it has consistently been a successful institution, and our findings at this inspection indicate that this continues to be the case. When we last inspected in 2016, we found that outcomes for prisoners were good in all four of our healthy prison tests. At this inspection, outcomes remained good in three tests, but had declined marginally to reasonably good in our healthy prison area of respect. The prison was overwhelmingly safe. Violence and delinquency were rare and absconds were lower than nearly all comparator prisons.

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