The Prison Service has scrapped an apprenticeship scheme for prison officers which it launched with fanfare back in 2020, ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has reported that the number of prisoners in the country reached 8,100 in April, the ...

We know there is a general election coming some time in the near future, but policy debates are hardly fizzing with new ideas ...

I write with reference to your Mailbag about the price of vapes in Scottish prisons (‘DHL monopoly’, January). Can somebody ...

My attention was drawn this week to a notice which appeared on notice boards on wings in prisons. There is now going to be an ...

The Welsh Affairs Select Committee of the House of Commons is investigating the quality and availability of housing for ...

A prison librarian who admitted a sexual liaison with a prisoner in the library where she worked was described as a ...

Billy Biscuit (not his real name), a prison officer (not a real job), based at HMP Progress (now there’s a good laugh for you ...

The main kitchen at Pentonville prison has been closed down on the orders of council inspectors after it was found to be ...

The prison system in the Netherlands is often used as a model for other countries because of their success in reducing the ...

When we think about the Post Office, we think of a little trustworthy store run by someone on the edge of retirement selling stamps and birthday cards. When we spend our 61p for a stamp (more like ...

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has launched a review of murder and rape convictions which could see it reopen ...