The Prison Service must now ensure that implementation of plans for sufficient activity places do not face delays or cutbacks.

Feltham is undoubtedly a different establishment from the one that attracted so much attention and criticism in the past.

None of the facilities we inspected were suitable for overnight stays - we found detainees sleeping on tables or in plastic chairs, sometimes without adequate heating, blankets or bedding.

There remain a number of areas of development, notably the re-launch of the HIT project and further development of the offender management model, but the governor and his staff are to be congratulated on progress so far.

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens.

A hundred years from now? All new people.