Charlie Taylor announced that inspections began on 10 May after being paused last March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Throughout the pandemic, HMI Prisons teams have been carrying out short scrutiny visits on settings to ensure good treatment of young offenders.
In the return to full inspections scores against the inspectorate’s four healthy prison tests (safety, respect/care, purposeful activity and rehabilitation, and release planning) will be reintroduced.
Inspections, carried out by a team of inspectors and researchers, will last two to three weeks and include full surveys of young offenders.
However, unlike before the pandemic, YOIs will be notified of the inspection on the Friday before it begins.
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