Inspectors praised the Gloucestershire open prison's leadership, safety and health care, while finding that education and training still fell short of what an open prison should offer.
Inspectors found very low violence and strong staff relationships at the Serco-run prison near Bristol. Purposeful activity improved from poor but remained not sufficiently good.
Inspectors found renewed purpose and good education at the category C prison, but drug use, debt-related violence and self-harm had all grown since 2022.
Inspectors found steadier leadership and strong release planning at the Victorian jail, three years after an Urgent Notification. Self-harm had nearly halved but remained too high, and cells were badly overcrowded.
Inspectors lifted the women's prison's safety grade from poor and praised its governor, but found very unwell women held for too long and too little to do.
Inspectors found rising violence, very high self-harm and widespread drugs at the Dorset category C prison, where no drug testing had taken place for about five years.
Inspectors rated safety good at the prison for men convicted of sexual offences, but found no offending behaviour programmes, an overstretched offender management unit and too little meaningful activity.
Inspectors found too little work and education at the Wiltshire training prison, with drugs easy to obtain and earlier gains lost. A new governor brought fresh energy, they said.
A report published in January 2024 praised strong leadership and staff-prisoner relationships at the Serco-run prison, but found education so weak that men waited more than a year for English and maths places.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons invoked the Urgent Notification process at the Bristol reception prison for the second time since 2019. Inspectors found high violence, easy access to drugs and men locked up for almost 22 hours a day.
