A public protection review found weaknesses across every part of case management in London, with a 33 per cent vacancy rate at probation officer grade. Reviews of the North East and Wales were more positive.
An inspection of court custody across London found 16 concerns from 2021 still unresolved, though detainees spoke highly of the care they received from staff.
Families affected by joint enterprise prosecutions shared their experiences at events in Haringey and at the University of Westminster. A Crown Prosecution Service representative spoke at the Haringey meeting.
Inspectors found the south-east London prison for young men had made progress after scrapping postcode-led wing placements, but violence stayed very high and many men spent up to 22 hours a day in their cells.
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.
Inspectors found the north London prison unsafe and chaotic, with men locked up for more than 22 hours a day and some held past their release date. The findings led to an Urgent Notification.
Inspectors found the London prison well organised under an effective governor, but drug use, strict separation of wings and little time out of cell pulled down two of its four grades.
Inspectors rated the West London children's unit poor for safety and purposeful activity for a second time running. They saw early signs of improvement under new leaders, but boys spent 20 hours a day locked in cells.
In July 2025, the Chief Inspector of Prisons used the Urgent Notification process at HMP Pentonville after finding sentence miscalculations, chaotic first nights and shockingly poor care for men at risk of self-harm.
Inspectors judged the immigration removal centre near Heathrow reasonably good on all four tests, but found a major drug problem and too many vulnerable people held in detention.
