Prison
The risks of segregation
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s office guest blogs on a new learning lessons bulletin about deaths in segregation
2nd April 2026
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The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s office guest blogs on a new learning lessons bulletin about deaths in segregation
IMB report highlights the prison service practice of using segregation as a way of managing and caring for prisoners with severe mental health needs owing to a lack of alternative provision.
Ellie Brown with an in-depth look at dehumanising and destructive segregation.
The Children’s Commissioner highlights a worrying increase in the number of children segregated in youth custody.
New Howard League report reveals that the use of restraint and solitary confinement for children in custody have worsened over the last decade.
Segregation units and close supervision centres are complex places, where some of the prison’s most challenging individuals are confined alongside some of its most vulnerable people, within a small, enclosed space.
