Inadequate medical cover for some prisoners, and the sports hall's poor facilities were also highlighted.

The trust noted that Werrington had employed four governors in five years, and that such arrangements would not be allowed in schools or hospitals.

[3] In September 2007, the Howard League for Penal Reform claimed that inmates at Werrington were being forcibly strip searched.

Full-time and part-time education courses are provided as part of the prison's regime, as are vocational training workshops in Creative Design, Music and Radio, Barista, Catering, Painting and Decorating, Tiling, Plastering, Barbering, Sports Studies, ICT.

The prison provides regular "Enrichment Days" on which a range of visitors deliver talks and workshops in their specialist areas of expertise.