Annual reports & ministerial responses

The report summarises the main issues of concern observed during the visits throughout the year. It recognises developments initiated to improve the quality of the detainees’ experiences. Future reports will provide a standard against which further developments can be judged. It is proposed to introduce quarterly summaries of the regular reports to highlight the current issues.

This report summarises the findings against our expectations and makes recommendations requiring action by the various bodies with a duty of care in relation to detained persons.

This report summarises our findings against our expectations and makes recommendations to address issues requiring action by the various bodies with a duty of care in relation to detained persons/prisoners.

Letter from Sam Gyimah MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, in response to the Lay Observers 2016-17 national annual report.

This report outlines our findings against our expectations and makes recommendations to address issues requiring action by the various bodies with a duty of care in relation to Detained Persons.

This report summarises our findings against our expectations and makes recommendations to address issues requiring action by the various bodies with a duty of care in relation to detained persons/prisoners.