Guidance

Urgent Notification

The Urgent Notification process has been introduced so the Chief Inspector of Prisons can alert the Justice Secretary where there are urgent and significant concerns about a prison

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 30 November 2017

Documents

Urgent Notification Process

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Details

The Urgent Notification process allows Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons to directly alert the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice if he has an urgent and significant concern about the performance of a prison.

The Secretary of State will then publish his response and a plan of action within 28 days. There will then be a longer term plan for sustained improvement.

Both the Chief Inspector’s letter to the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State’s response, will be published on GOV.UK.

Published 30 November 2017