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The UK National Preventive Mechanism works to prevent ill-treatment in detention and implement #OPCAT through independent monitoring.

Learn more at https://nationalpreventivemechanism.org.uk/.
Join us on Wednesday 20 August for the international launch of a brand-new dashboard. For the first time, this new tool brings together and codifies all those findings, offering public access to the collective insight of more than 3,500 monitors working across the UK’s places of detention.
July 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
They ensure that minimum standards are upheld and make recommendations to improve treatment and conditions. These 3,500 people, across 21 independent NPM bodies, generate over 5,000 recommendations for detention settings across the UK every year.
July 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Across the UK, 3,500 NPM inspectors, monitors, and visitors make a difference in their communities by entering places of detention that usually unseen by the public – prisons, police custody, court custody, secure children’s care, or health and social care settings.
July 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
- promote humane conditions of imprisonment
- raise awareness about prisoners being a continuous part of society
- to value the work of prison staff as a social service of particular importance.

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July 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Nelson Mandela Rules, or the revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, were unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2015, when the scope of Nelson Mandela International Day was extended to:
July 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We look forward to sharing our findings and driving better treatment for people deprived of their liberty in the UK!

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NPM Business Plan 2025-2026 – National Preventive Mechanism
nationalpreventivemechanism.org.uk
June 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We are grateful to all those who have engaged with our recently launched Preventive Guidance. nationalpreventivemechanism.org.uk/news/blog-pr...
We look forward to continuing to support volunteers in the coming year through additional resources and programmes which will be released soon!
Blog: Preventing ill treatment in detention – practical suggestions for monitors and managers – National Preventive Mechanism
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June 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM