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Urgent Notification

The Urgent Notification process has been introduced so the Chief Inspector of Prisons can alert the Justice Secretary where there are urgent and significant concerns about a prison

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The Urgent Notification process allows Her Majesty바카라 사이트™s Chief Inspector of Prisons to directly alert the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice if he has an urgent and significant concern about the performance of a prison.

The Secretary of State will then publish his response and a plan of action within 28 days. There will then be a longer term plan for sustained improvement.

Both the Chief Inspector바카라 사이트™s letter to the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State바카라 사이트™s response, will be published on 바카라 사이트.

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Published 30 November 2017

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