National Preventive Mechanism Ninth Annual Report 2017–18 of Expectations for immigration detention was published. Work began on drafting Expectations for the inspection of TACT detention ( jointly with HMICFRS) and on revising Expectations: Criteria for assessing the treatment of children and young people and conditions in prisons. In January 2018, following an inspection of HMP Nottingham carried out with Ofsted and CQC, HMI Prisons issued the first Urgent Notification letter pursuant to the new protocol announced by the Secretary of State in November 2017. The Urgent Notification protocol allows HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to write to the Secretary of State within seven calendar days of the end of an inspection, providing notification of significant concerns and the reasons for those concerns. The Secretary of State must respond within 28 days. Both the Urgent Notification letter and the Secretary of State’s response are published. Inspectors found HMP Nottingham to be ‘fundamentally unsafe’ and in the Urgent Notification letter HMI Prisons expressed concern that this was the third consecutive inspection where the safety of the prison was assessed as poor. In the two years since the last inspection, levels of self-harm had risen significantly, there had been eight apparently self-inflicted deaths, and there were repeated failures to achieve or embed recommendations for improvement made by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO). The Secretary of State’s response set out how the authorities planned to deal with the issues raised by HMI Prisons and the action plan they had put in place to address the most serious and urgent concerns. 42 The Deputy Chief Inspector of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) became a member of the prisoner health care workstream of the Health and Justice Collaboration Board (established by the Scottish government). In addition, HMIPS received the Investing in Volunteers accreditation for its Independent Prison Monitor role. The Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA) worked with the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL) to develop and launch new training materials and report forms for Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs) who visit those detained under the Terrorism Act. ICVA and the IRTL launched these materials at a TACT conference held at Red Lion Chambers. ICVA established a TACT network group of scheme managers who, with the IRTL, meet quarterly to share good practice, identify trends in custody visiting and work with partners to ensure high-quality reporting. In addition, ICVA worked to embed reports from HMI Prisons and HMICFRS in its monitoring, by highlighting areas that custody visitors can be mindful of when undertaking their work. During the year, all Police Scotland custody centres were visited by Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs) from Independent Custody Visiting Scotland (ICVS). A total of 2,701 detainees accepted a custody visit, none of whom made an allegation of ill-treatment. Some ICVs reported delays in access to police stations and custody areas, which led to visits being abandoned. Training of ICVs was ongoing throughout the year. In January 2018, ICVs received a briefing on the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016, which came into force in January 2018.