Staff at HMP Leeds restricted access during hot weather in June 2020, with shielding inmates also affected
Prisoners were unlawfully prevented from showering daily as punishment for poor behaviour, with shielding and self-isolating inmates also unable to do so, according to a damning report.
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Leeds also expressed “great concern” that an incident of a prison officer using undue force with a prisoner situated on the ground was not reported to the police. The officer was later dismissed after an investigation.