HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said ‘this latest inspection is a damning indictment of the state of prisons’. Bedford Prison has been issued with an urgent notification to ...

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor wrote in November 2023 that inmates at Bedford Prison were violent and often housed in mouldy and graffiti-covered cells, with broken windows.

The Prison Service said "urgent action" was being taken to improve safety. HMP Bedford can hold about 400 inmates and has a history of problems, including riots in 2016.

Prisoners at HMP Bedford are described as living in squalid ... and infested with rats and cockroaches. The report, from HM Prison Inspectorate, said levels of violence remained "very high ...

Bedford Prison was issued with an urgent notification to improve in November, after inspectors found violence, ... HM Inspectorate of Prisons. David Lynch. Labour. UK Parliament.

Bedford Prison has been issued with an urgent ... as well as local leaders to effect meaningful change at the prison HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor In a letter to Justice Secretary ...

Bedford Prison has been issued with an urgent notification ... the fifth to be given an urgent notice in the last 12 months. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said: “This latest ...

Bedford Prison has been issued with an urgent notification to improve after inspectors found violence, squalid conditions and high rates of self-harm. The category B reception prison is the fifth ...