HMP Full Sutton praised in inspection report

A high-security prison in East Yorkshire has been praised for the way it deals with some of the most dangerous offenders in the country.

A surprise inspection of Full Sutton found that violence within the prison was rare. But inspectors did raise concerns about the number of prisoners being put into segregation.

HMP Full Sutton is one of five high security prisons in England, holding just under 600 men. Nearly all its prisoners present significant risks to security and to the public. Almost half are serving life sentences. A small number of prisoners had committed offences connected to terrorist goals.

At its last inspection in 2012, inspectors described an impressive establishment that was ensuring reasonably good or better outcomes against all four healthy prison tests: safety, respect, purposeful activity and resettlement. This remained the case after this more recent inspection.

HMP Full Sutton was well led and met its challenges calmly and competently, said Martin Lomas, Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published the report of an unannounced inspection of the high security prison near York.