National Preventive Mechanism Eleventh Annual Report 2019–20 Between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMI Prisons) published inspection reports on 37 prisons holding adult men and five prisons holding adult women, and published 16 independent reviews of progress (IRPs) in adult male prisons. IRPs provide an independent assessment of the progress a prison has made in implementing recommendations from the previous full inspection. IRPs are not inspections and do not result in scores. HMI Prisons published five inspection reports of young offender institutions (YOIs) holding children under the age of 18, and two inspection reports of STCs holding children aged 12 to 18, jointly with Ofsted. In relation to immigration detention, HMI Prisons inspected three immigration removal centres, 13 short-term holding facilities and two charter flight removals. In addition, it inspected police custody suites in six force areas, as well as TACT (Terrorism Act) suites holding detainees arrested on suspicion of terrorism or terrorism-related offences, jointly with HMICFRS. HMI Prisons also inspected three court custody areas. During the year, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons issued two Urgent Notification letters to the Justice Secretary expressing serious concerns, following the inspections of HMP Bristol ( June 2019) and HMYOI Feltham A ( July 2019). HMI Prisons revised two sets of its Expectations, the human rights-based criteria used for assessing the treatment of detainees and conditions of detention. It worked with HMICFRS on the second edition of Expectations for Border Force custody suites and also published a second version of Expectations for court custody, following wide consultation. HMI Prisons published several thematic reports during the reporting year on: the separation of children in YOIs; youth resettlement (together with HM Inspectorate of Probation); and an analysis report on the experiences of children held in STCs and YOIs. HMI Prisons’ full inspection programme was suspended on 17 March 2020 due to COVID-19. HMI Prisons developed the short scrutiny visits (SSVs) model to continue to fulfil its duty to scrutinise and report independently on treatment and conditions. SSVs were announced on 8 April 2020 and the visits commenced on 21 April 2020.191 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of the Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) continued to contribute to the NPM’s police sub-group during the reporting year. It has also engaged with police forces across England and Wales to share information on its inspection reports. 191 HMI Prisons, Short Scrutiny Visits (webpage), https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/about-hmi-prisons/ covid-19/short-scrutiny-visits/ [accessed 10/11/2020]. HMI Prisons launched the Scrutiny Visits (SVs) methodology in August 2020, more information here: https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/about-hmi-prisons/covid-19/ scrutiny-visits/ [accessed 10/11/2020] 66