Learning and research documents

This Policy into Practice publication highlights important learning for prison staff on handling complaints related to prisoners' property.

This Policy into Practice publication highlights important learning for prison staff and summarises the property handling issues we find in our cases.

The first in a series of publications on property, this bulletin summarises learning from PPO investigations into property complaints received from prisoners over the last five years.

PPO's response to the Justice Select Committee (JSC)'s Tackling Drugs in Prison Inquiry.

PPO's response to the Justice Select Committee (JSC)'s inquiry into Rehabilitation and Resettlement.

PPO's response to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee (JHAC)'s Inquiry into Prison Culture.

This Policy into Practice publication highlights important learning for prison staff and summarises the property handling issues we find in our cases.

PPO's response to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024/25 call for evidence.

This learning lessons bulletin summarises the learning from PPO investigations into the deaths of those who died within 14 days of release from prison.

This Policy into Practice focuses on some of the important requirements for prisons as set out in the Use of Force Policy Framework and how they should be applied in practice.