In a report last month on ‘Improving Behaviour In Prisons’, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) highlighted eight jails which ...

Two former Chief Inspectors of Prisons have joined a high-powered panel which will consider the future of criminal justice ...

One in ten female prisoners is lesbian or bisexual, according to official figures recorded by the Prison Service. Among 3,309 ...

When Jeremiah came to prison, he couldn’t read at all. He tells us he comes from a Gypsy background and says his mum took him ...

A prisoner died of a combination of malnutrition and Crohn’s disease, an inquest jury at Norfolk Coroner’s Court were told.

VR tour of notorious prison Prison reform campaigners from Venezuela have come up with a clever way to portray the horror of ...

I have made bad decisions a fair few times over the years, and have been unfortunate enough to end up in many HMP ...

MPs will vote on a measure to stop women from being jailed for having abortions. The procedure was legalised in 1967 in ...

I’m born to lose, seems my fate isn’t mine to choose Might as well just take that eternal snooze Yes, it’s clear to me that I ...

Another private company will begin managing prisons when outsourcing group Mitie takes control of HMP Millsike, which is due ...

Private prison provider Serco has been awarded an extension of its contract to run Ashfield prison in South Gloucestershire.

The 5th of April 2024 marked the end of the 2023/24 tax year. My recent podcast on National Prison Radio highlighted the fact ...