Much has changed at Holme House, a large category C training and resettlement prison, in the last three years. In early 2020, we judged outcomes to be insufficiently good across all four of our healthy prison tests. In 2023 only in one test, purposeful activity,…
It is too soon to say how Holme House will emerge from the COVID-19 crisis and judge the longerterm impact this experience will have on the prison. Doubtless there will be new, and perhaps unforeseen, challenges to contend with going forward. That said, our criticisms…