HMP Feltham B

At its last full inspection (September 2025; report published December 2025), inspectors found outcomes for prisoners were poor for purposeful activity; not sufficiently good for safety and preparation for release; reasonably good for respect. It held 451 people at the time, against an operational capacity of 478.

Read our story Read the inspection report

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

1. December 2025 · Full inspectionSafety: not sufficiently good · Respect: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: poor · Preparation for release: not sufficiently good Read our story
2. February 2024 · 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) ↗
3. April 2023 · Full inspectionSafety: not sufficiently good · Respect: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: poor · Rehabilitation and release planning: not sufficiently good Read our story

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The first inspection since Feltham B became an adult category C prison found a reinvigorated jail with freer movement, but too little work, widely available drugs and an overwhelmed offender management team.

Prison News staff1 Dec 2025

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Violence at Feltham B kept young men out of education, inspectors found in 2023

HM Inspectorate of Prisons' report on HMP Feltham B, published in April 2023, found that high levels of violence affected almost every part of life at the west London jail for young adults.

Prison News staff25 Apr 2023