News
Ministry of Justice drops HMP Academies scheme after only one academy opens
The employer-led training scheme aimed to set up academies in 17 prisons over four years. According to FE Week, it ended after one opened, at HMP Wealstun.
HMP Wealstun
News
HMP Wealstun safer but prisoners locked up too long, inspectors find
Violence and self-harm fell at the West Yorkshire category C prison, but inspectors found poor time out of cell and too few places in education and work.
News
HMP Wealstun: drugs easy to get and self-harm up six-fold, inspectors found in 2020
A report published in February 2020 found illicit drugs undermining much of the work at HMP Wealstun in Yorkshire, with self-harm sharply up, though respect was rated good.