Wormwood Scrubs inspection report 2020
Report for Wormwood Scrubs Prison
Summary
Time out of cell remained inadequate, with nearly 40% of prisoners locked up during the working day. Enough activity was theoretically available, sufficient for all prisoners to have at least part-time activity, but attendance was too often poor, especially in education. More needed to be done to support the acquisition of skills in mathematics, English and vocational qualifications in industrial workshops. Vocational training was, however, better. Our colleagues in Ofsted reported improvements to the provision but still assessed overall effectiveness as ‘requires improvement’. The prison’s approach to rehabilitation and release planning was also improving.