HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ Post

Harmondsworth is an immigration removal centre (IRC). The contractor for the Home Office is Care and Custody (Mitie Group) and at the time of our independent review of progress, there were 407 detainees. At this review visit, we found that there had been an exceptional response to our negative inspection findings, resulting in good progress in 11 of our 14 areas of concern, including all the priorities that we set out at the full inspection. There was reasonable progress in one concern and insufficient progress in two, with no areas of no meaningful progress. Points to note: 📄 Substantial improvements since February 2024 📄 Staff levels doubled 📄 Neglected communal areas addressed 📄 Much-improved reception unit 📄 Drug problem being tackled by collaboration with police 📄 Self-harm reduced 📄 Improvements to activities and welfare Notable positive practice (NPP): ✅ Collaboration between the Metropolitan Police Service and Harmondsworth IRC was now at a high level, with regular meetings between senior leaders. Surveillance, searching and sharing of intelligence had resulted in several arrests and a clear message that staff corruption would not be tolerated. 🔍 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/esnWSsAk