Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons report published 1 September 2026; visiting details from GOV.UK · last checked 29 October 2026
Latest inspection
At its last full inspection (June 2026; report published September 2026), inspectors found outcomes for prisoners were not sufficiently good for safety, respect, purposeful activity and preparation for release. It held 956 people at the time, against an operational capacity of 1,010.
Healthy prison tests: inspectors grade four areas from 1 (poor) to 4 (good).
Inspection history
Safety: not sufficiently good · Respect: not sufficiently good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Preparation for release: not sufficiently good Read our story
Inspectors rated the former RAF base near Doncaster not sufficiently good on all four tests, but found stronger leadership and slight gains in activity and release work.
CCTV showed an officer did not carry out an evening check on Stephen Baddeley, despite a record saying it was done. The officer resigned before a disciplinary investigation finished.
An inspection report on HMP Lindholme, published in October 2023, found drugs driving debt, violence and deaths, too little work and education, and a badly under-resourced team managing prisoners' sentences.
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