Recurring concern
Failure to provide prisoners with a safe and sufficiently accessible prison regime
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Request correctionFirst reported 3 May 2016•Latest report 24 Mar 2026
What this concern includes
Includes failures in the provision and operation of prison regimes where restrictions, unlocking arrangements, staffing directly tied to regime delivery, regime access, welfare-monitoring opportunities or related operational controls leave prisoners without a safe and sufficiently accessible regime.
Not included
- Excludes generic prison staffing shortages, training, leadership or supervision deficiencies unless they directly impair safe delivery of the prison regime.
- Excludes clinical treatment, medication, ACCT, segregation, cell-entry and other separately named prison safety systems unless the assertion specifically identifies their effect on safe prison-regime provision.
- Excludes ordinary restrictions or routine regime arrangements where no safety consequence or continuing deficiency is identified.
- Excludes failures in prison security, transfers or release planning where the unsafe condition is not the provision or operation of the prison regime.
- Reports
- 5
- Individual concerns
- 5
- Date range
- 2016–2026
- Stated actions
- 3
Distinct published reports
A report can raise multiple concerns
First to latest report issue date
Described in published responses
Reports over time
Reports over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
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Concerns raised1
Restricted prison regimes
This report raised 15 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Position
Healthcare services alone cannot mitigate all risks within custody.
Stated by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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Concerns raised1
Inadequate prison and healthcare staffing levels
This report raised 13 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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Action
Promote prison nursing recruitment through the ‘We Are Prison Nurses’ campaign and its recruitment resources.
Stated by NHS England -
Action
Provide recruitment, retention and staffing support to improve workforce levels at Lowdham Grange.
Stated by HM Prison and Probation Service -
Action
Ringfence key safety tasks and safer-custody staff against future resourcing pressures.
Stated by Sodexo
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Position
Healthcare staffing is the responsibility of the healthcare provider, which has responded separately.
Stated by HM Prison and Probation Service
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Concerns raised1
Shortage of gym instructors
This report raised 5 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Insufficient operational prison staffing for safe custody and officer safety
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Insufficient prison staffing for proper regimes and unlocking of prisoners requiring four person unlocks in the Segregation Unit
This report raised 5 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
Data last updated 7 September 2026