HMP Hull

At its last full inspection (July 2024; report published September 2024), inspectors found outcomes for prisoners were poor for purposeful activity; reasonably good for safety, respect and preparation for release. It held 954 people at the time, against an operational capacity of 968. An independent review of progress was published in May 2025.

Read our story Read the inspection report

Healthy prison tests: inspectors grade four areas from 1 (poor) to 4 (good).

1. May 2025 · Independent review of progressFollow-up visit assessing progress against the key concerns from the previous full inspection. Read the report (HM Inspectorate of Prisons, opens external site) ↗
2. September 2024 · Full inspectionSafety: reasonably good · Respect: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: poor · Preparation for release: reasonably good Read our story
3. April 2022 · Independent review of progressFollow-up visit assessing progress against the key concerns from the previous full inspection. Read the report (HM Inspectorate of Prisons, opens external site) ↗
4. November 2021 · Full inspectionSafety: not sufficiently good · Respect: not sufficiently good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Rehabilitation and release planning: not sufficiently good Read our story

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HMP Hull improves in three areas but regime declines to poor, inspectors find

Inspectors found Hull safer, more respectful and better at preparing men for release. Many men, however, spent up to 22.5 hours a day locked in cramped shared cells.

Prison News staff30 Sep 2024

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Standards slipped at HMP Hull with health care failing badly, inspectors found in 2021

The inspectorate's report on the Hull reception prison, published in November 2021, found outcomes had declined in all four areas since 2018, though inspectors judged the situation retrievable.

Prison News staff2 Nov 2021