The Staffordshire women's prison scored good for safety, respect and release planning, but inspectors criticised cancelled rebuilding plans and needless limits on time outdoors.
Inspectors found a safe, ordered and purposeful jail with exceptional family support, though drugs, poor food and gaps in release planning still needed attention.
Inspectors said the Serco-run Staffordshire prison was failing in its role as a training prison, though they praised its therapeutic community, staff relationships and family support.
A report published in November 2023 found HMYOI Werrington volatile, with safeguarding in disarray, 388 keep-apart instructions and most children out of their cells for four hours a day or less.
A report published in September 2023 rated purposeful activity at the West Midlands prison for young men as poor, and found filthy induction cells, high violence and poor oversight of force.
Inspectors found violence had fallen by more than 60% at the city's reception prison since an Urgent Notification in 2018. Purposeful activity, however, remained poor.
The inspectorate's report on HMP/YOI Stoke Heath, published in May 2023, rated the Shropshire prison good for safety but poor for purposeful activity, with many men spending as little as 90 minutes a day out of cell.
An inspection report on HMP Long Lartin, published in April 2023, found outcomes had worsened in three of four areas since 2018, with self-harm doubling and prisoners locked up for most of the day.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons' report on HMP Hewell, published in March 2023, found excellent progress at the West Midlands jail since 2019, but poor purposeful activity and weak support for new arrivals.
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.
