Last inspectedDecember 2023Full inspection, unannounced
Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons report published 2 April 2024; visiting details from GOV.UK · last checked 29 October 2026
Latest inspection
At its last full inspection (December 2023; report published April 2024), inspectors found outcomes for prisoners were not sufficiently good for purposeful activity; reasonably good for safety, respect and preparation for release. It held 1,012 people at the time, against an operational capacity of 1,019.
Healthy prison tests: inspectors grade four areas from 1 (poor) to 4 (good).
Inspection history
Safety: reasonably good · Respect: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Preparation for release: reasonably good Read our story
Safety at the East Yorkshire resettlement prison improved to reasonably good. Inspectors found only 40% of men in purposeful activity and too many released without a settled home.
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