HMP Isle of Wight Prison

19, February 2020·2 min read

Prisoners using buckets as toilets revealed following inspection at HMP Isle of Wight

The inspector said that progress had not been good enough in the majority of areas at HMP Isle of Wight since the last inspection

15, January 2020·2 min read

Prison sentence after 1,000 fake goods found at Isle of Wight address

Traces of lead were found in some of the counterfeit makeup being sold from an Isle of Wight address

17, December 2019·1 min read

Body of prison officer found at HMP Isle of Wight

Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the 29-year-old man who worked at HMP Isle of Wight

9, August 2019·2 min read

Sex offenders make up 98 per cent of Isle of Wight prison population, latest figures reveal

The latest report from HMP Isle of Wight shows an increase in assaults on staff and large rise in incidences of prisoner self harm and a surprisingly older population.

9, July 2019·2 min read

Prison Minister to visit Camp Hill to discuss future plans

Minister of State for Justice, Robert Buckland, has agreed to meet the Isle of Wight MP at Camp Hill to discuss plans to use the land for new housing and also for a possible public sector hub.

11, April 2019·1 min read

Watch Isle of Wight Prison Officers: Perform from Riverdance to Beyonce for MND charity event

Watch these Isle of Wight prison officers pull off several great moves as they perform this dance routine at the charity fundraiser for colleague Ben Rothwell, diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.

14, September 2018·1 min read

Prison officers say HMP Isle of Wight is ‘massively understaffed and unsafe’

Prison officers say that staffing levels have been decimated at HMP Isle of Wight, putting officers and inmates at increased risk.

30, May 2018·1 min read

Almost a third of prisoners remained on Isle of Wight after release

The Ministry of Justice declined to specify the crimes of the prisoners who remained on the Island after their release, but HMP Isle of Wight houses category B sex offenders as well as stage one and two life sentence prisoners.

11, May 2018·2 min read

Isle of Wight prison assaults up 42% in 5 years

The rise in attacks on staff and prisoners, revealed in figures from the Ministry of Justice, shows the scale of the task officers are facing. Prison reform campaigners have declared it a "national emergency".

5, April 2017·3 min read

Assaults on prison officers: Government responds to petition

The Ministry of Justice have responded to a 10,000+ signature strong petition calling assaults on HM Prison Officers a specific criminal offence.

31, March 2017·1 min read

MP calls for debate about specific offence for attackers of police and prison officers

The tragic death of Isle of Wight prison officer Nick Medlin, was mentioned in Parliament yesterday by the Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Andrew Turner.

27, January 2017·1 min read

Call for assaults on Prison Officers to be made a specific criminal offence (petition)

Over a two month period last year, prisoners assaulted more than 1,000 prison officers. The sister of Nick Medlin has created a petition calling for assaults on prisons officers to become a specific criminal offence.

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