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Welcome to the first UK National Preventive Mechanism Bulletin, a monthly internal update on the activities happening across the NPM.

His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland and Chair of the UK NPM Wendy Sinclair-Gieben will be stepping down from her post on 31 August.

The 2024 UK NPM Annual Conference focused on the theme of scrutinising culture.

The Independent Monitoring Board's National Annual Report for 2023 was published on 22 May, detailing the findings from over 37,700 visits carried out by 132 Boards across England and Wales.

Join the UK NPM for the launch of new guidance for preventive-based monitoring.

The NPM Scotland Subgroup has been deeply concerned with the rising prison population and overcrowded prisons in Scotland for many years.

As UK NPM Chair, I am delighted to welcome you to the first edition of our blog.

This week, Sam Gluckstein, Head of the UK NPM spoke to the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland team about the role of the NPM and its member organisations.

The NPM has published its annual report for 2022-2023 in February 2024. The report summarises and analyses the work and findings of the 21 NPM members, and warns that governments across the UK have repeatedly failed to take meaningful action to alleviate human rights concerns where people are deprived of their liberty.  

The UK NPM is inviting proposals for a short-term project to “stress test” definitions of deprivation of liberty.