Learning and research documents

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.

PPO response to the Justice Select Committee's Inquiry into future prison population and estate capacity.

This learning lessons bulletin has been prompted by the worrying increase in self-inflicted deaths of prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in 2022. The PPO have continued to see self-inflicted deaths of IPP prisoners in 2023.

This report presents the findings from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s (PPO) evaluation of its post-release death investigations pilot.

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

PPO response to the Justice Select Committee on the impact that difficulties with recruitment and retention have on prison regimes.

This publication is the first in a series of publications where the PPO has worked with HMPPS policy leads to share learning from our investigations to improve policy.

PPO response to the Justice Select Committee's Inquiry into Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences.

This learning lessons bulletin summarises our findings from the second wave of COVID-19 related deaths in prisons.1 It covers deaths notified to us and investigations started between 8 October 2020 and 20 April 2021.

PPO responses to the Justice Select Committee's Inquiry into Women in Prison.