Prisons Minister Crispin Blunt today welcomed into post the new Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Nick Hardwick.
Crispin Blunt, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice said:
'I am pleased to welcome Nick Hardwick as the new HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. His experience as Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission sets him in good stead to undertake this important role.
'I would like to thank Dame Anne Owers DBE for the outstanding contributions she has made over the past nine years in improving the organisations she has inspected. The progress she has made leaves the Inspectorate in great shape. As the new Minister for Prisons I look forward to working with Nick to build on the good work of his predecessor in shedding light on an area of real public interest and concern.'
