Prisons in Wales and treatment of Welsh offenders inquiry

Inquiry by the Welsh Affairs Committee, 19 May 2014 to 10 September 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 4th Report - Prisons in Wales and the treatment of Welsh offenders (20 March 2015)
• 1st Special Report - Prisons in Wales and the treatment of Welsh offenders: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2014-15 (10 September 2015)

Evidence sessions

• 28 October 2014: Nick Hardwick, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Dusty Kennedy, Head of Youth Justice Board Cymru, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• 13 January 2015: Juliet Lyon, Director, Prison Reform Trust, Rachel Halford, Director, Women in Prison, and Robert Jones, Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University
• 20 January 2015: Kevin Lockyer, Adaptus Consulting; Councillor Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Communities, Partnerships and Regeneration, Wrexham County Borough Council, and Lee Robinson, Strategic and Performance Director, Wrexham County Borough Council
• 5 February 2015: Heledd Williams, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society), Cen Llwyd, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society); Meri Huws, Comisiynydd y Gymraeg (Welsh Language Commissioner)
• 24 February 2015: Andrew Selous MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Justice, and Sarah Payne, Director, National Offender Management Service Wales