However the report also claimed that more than a third of prisoners were unoccupied at HMP & YOI Hatfield, with a lengthy waiting list of inmates wanting to join education classes.

[2] Weeks later, it was revealed that in a three-year period 190 inmates had escaped from HMP & YOI Hatfield.

On 13 July 2011, it was announced that HMP & YOI Hatfield would be put out to tender, accepting bids from private companies and HM Prison Service for the management of the establishment.

[4] HMP & YOI Hatfield is a prison holding Category D adult males and young offenders.

Adult prisoners at HMP & YOI Hatfield are usually placed in resettlement employment, with outside companies with guaranteed minimum wage.