What prisoners wrote to the IMB

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HMP Durham · IMB 2024–25

What prisoners wrote to the IMB

590

applications this year

503 last year

Staff, bullying, treatment

150

Release dates and sentence

102

Letters, visits and phones

Health and mental health

Independent board · not family reports

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What men at HMP Durham wrote to the Independent Monitoring Board last year.

590 applications, up from 503. The most common were staff, bullying, treatment (150), release dates and sentence (102), letters, visits and phones (98), and health and mental health (58).

That’s the official IMB report — not family reports on prisoncheck.

https://www.prisoncheck.co.uk/prisons/durham?src=fb-share-durham

Source: IMB annual report, HMP Durham, 2024–25, 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025, published March 2026. Open the Durham snapshot · National intelligence.