The list of celebratory events held to promote inclusion at HMP Isis in the past year is as follows:

• Student Debate with University of Hertfordshire for International Youth Day (11 August 2025)

• Black History Month seminar (22 October & 24 October 2025)

• Hair salon for Black History Month (27-31 October 2025)

• Full staff event for Black History Month, Food and Quiz (31 October 2025)

• International Women’s Day (09 March 2026)

• St Patricks Day celebration for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller (GRT) men (30 March 2026)

• Football competition (22 April 2026)

• Rainbow smoothies for staff for Pride Month (23 June 2026)

• GRT history event for GRT History Month (26 June 2026)

The following items are available at the Heritage Hub for purchase by prisoners:

• Braid Foam- £13.99

• Carmex- £2.30

• Cantu Conditioner- £5.60

• Cantu Shampoo- £4.99

• Cantu Gel- £8.00

• Gummy Styling Wax- £6.57

• Murrays Bees Wax- £13.49

• Black Soap- £8.28

• Let’s Dred Bees Wax- £9.33

• Pure Shea Butter- £7.50

• Jerk Sauce- £2

• OGX Shampoo- £4.00

• OGX Conditioner- £3.81

• Blue Magic Leave In Conditioner- £8.99

• Curry Paste Pots- £1.85

• Plastic Rat Tail Comb- £1

There is no additional cost to the taxpayer.

The list of celebratory events held to promote inclusion at HMP Isis in the past year is as follows:

• Student Debate with University of Hertfordshire for International Youth Day (11 August 2025)

• Black History Month seminar (22 October & 24 October 2025)

• Hair salon for Black History Month (27-31 October 2025)

• Full staff event for Black History Month, Food and Quiz (31 October 2025)

• International Women’s Day (09 March 2026)

• St Patricks Day celebration for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller (GRT) men (30 March 2026)

• Football competition (22 April 2026)

• Rainbow smoothies for staff for Pride Month (23 June 2026)

• GRT history event for GRT History Month (26 June 2026)

The following items are available at the Heritage Hub for purchase by prisoners:

• Braid Foam- £13.99

• Carmex- £2.30

• Cantu Conditioner- £5.60

• Cantu Shampoo- £4.99

• Cantu Gel- £8.00

• Gummy Styling Wax- £6.57

• Murrays Bees Wax- £13.49

• Black Soap- £8.28

• Let’s Dred Bees Wax- £9.33

• Pure Shea Butter- £7.50

• Jerk Sauce- £2

• OGX Shampoo- £4.00

• OGX Conditioner- £3.81

• Blue Magic Leave In Conditioner- £8.99

• Curry Paste Pots- £1.85

• Plastic Rat Tail Comb- £1

There is no additional cost to the taxpayer.

Untold is a charity which has been set up by the Governor of Isis and all relevant checks have been conducted to ensure a separation of duties. None of the prison’s resources have been or will be used to support the work of the charity which is independently funded. The aim of the charity is to support the training of men in custody to find work in the creative arts industry.

The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.

The latest publication is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018.

Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.

assaults on staff table 3.15

assaults on prisoners table 3.16

serious assaults on staff table 3.18

serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19

Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.

Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.

The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.

The latest publication is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018.

Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.

assaults on staff table 3.15

assaults on prisoners table 3.16

serious assaults on staff table 3.18

serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19

Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.

Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.

The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.

The latest publication is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018.

Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.

assaults on staff table 3.15

assaults on prisoners table 3.16

serious assaults on staff table 3.18

serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19

Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.

Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.

The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.

The latest publication is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018.

Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.

assaults on staff table 3.15

assaults on prisoners table 3.16

serious assaults on staff table 3.18

serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19

Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.

Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.

The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.

The latest publication is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018. Information about incidents of self-harm up to December 2018 can be found by selecting table 2.13 in the ‘Self-harm in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.

We are taking steps to reduce self-harm and self-inflicted death levels by rolling out improved suicide and self-harm training for new and existing staff. Over 25,000 staff have received some training and over 14,000 have received training in all six modules.

Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.

Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.

The Government publishes an Annual Digest that provides a range of detailed statistics and measures for prisons and probation for the financial year, including data on drug tests and finds.

The latest publication covering the 17/18 financial year is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018. Figures on the proportion of positive results for random mandatory drugs tests and the number of incidents where drugs were found for the 17/18 financial year are provided in the table below:

We do not publish monthly breakdowns, however, further information about the proportion of positive results for random mandatory drugs tests can be found by selecting table 7.4 in the ‘Chapter 7 tables – Random mandatory drug testing’ link’.

Further information about the number of incidents where drugs were found can be found by selecting table 9.2 in the ‘Chapter 9 tables – Finds in prison’ link.

These prisons are also part of the 10 Prisons Project which aims to reduce violence in 10 of our most challenging prisons by reducing the supply of drugs; restoring basic decency and providing the training and support for prison officers to challenge the behaviour that drives violence. The project received an initial £10 million funding to improve security and decency, and bolster leadership capability over a 12-month period.

The Government publishes an Annual Digest that provides a range of detailed statistics and measures for prisons and probation for the financial year, including data on drug tests and finds.

The latest publication covering the 17/18 financial year is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018. Figures on the proportion of positive results for random mandatory drugs tests and the number of incidents where drugs were found for the 17/18 financial year are provided in the table below:

We do not publish monthly breakdowns, however, further information about the proportion of positive results for random mandatory drugs tests can be found by selecting table 7.4 in the ‘Chapter 7 tables – Random mandatory drug testing’ link’.

Further information about the number of incidents where drugs were found can be found by selecting table 9.2 in the ‘Chapter 9 tables – Finds in prison’ link.

These prisons are also part of the 10 Prisons Project which aims to reduce violence in 10 of our most challenging prisons by reducing the supply of drugs; restoring basic decency and providing the training and support for prison officers to challenge the behaviour that drives violence. The project received an initial £10 million funding to improve security and decency, and bolster leadership capability over a 12-month period.

Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe, decent and rehabilitative custodial environment. They require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly. Only Independent Adjudicators, who are District Judges or Deputy District Judges, can, in cases deemed to be sufficiently serious, make an award of additional days. All prisoners have a full opportunity to hear what is alleged against them and to present their case. Young or vulnerable prisoners, who may lack experience of adjudications, are encouraged to request help from an advocate. The most serious offences are referred to the police.

The tables attached provide statistics on the number of young adult prisoners awarded additional days following proven adjudications between 2013 and 2017 for each prison, by age group.

We keep levels of safety at all prison establishments under constant review, using data for assaults, self-harm incidents and self-inflicted deaths, HMIP inspection reports and the outputs of internal assurance reviews of safety, supplemented by ongoing operational intelligence. Published statistics for a range of measures of safety, including data for individual prisons, can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2017.

The levels of violence, suicide and self-harm in our prisons are far too high and we are taking urgent action to address these problems.

Assaults on our hardworking staff will never be tolerated. We are ensuring that prison officers have the tools they need to do the job, rolling out body-worn cameras, police-style handcuffs and restraints, and trialling PAVA incapacitant spray.

Our recruitment drive is vital to ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent so they can successfully rehabilitate offenders, and 90 per cent of our additional 3,111 prison officers are due to be in post by the summer.