Inspectors found encouraging progress at the south London category C prison, with more time out of cell and less violence, but warned about drones, poor living conditions and offender management.
A report led by an HMPPS researcher found that men in open prisons faced long waits for day release, and that some risked leaving custody without a safe address.
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.
The inspectorate's report on HMP Featherstone, published in August 2022, praised work that cut drugs and violence but found broken offender management, poor public protection and run-down house blocks.
A report published in February 2020 found safety at HMYOI Aylesbury had improved from poor, after the population was halved, but warned that risk assessment for its high-risk young men was failing.
