As part of its push to prevent the return of a prison capacity crisis, the Ministry of Justice has revealed the design of a ...

A higher percentage of ex-military personnel who are in prison are accessing the various support services available to them than was the case previously, according to a survey undertaken in 2022 ...

Nottinghamshire Police say they have arrested two people after staff at Lowdham Grange prison discovered a drone had dropped package in their grounds. The package, which contained bags of drugs ...

A prison governor has suffered a fractured skull after in an assault by an inmate at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire. The ...

Andy Slaughter, Chair of the Justice Select Committee (JSC), has expressed “cautious optimism” about the future of the CCRC ...

A baby died at Foston Hall women’s prison within 24 hours of birth in 2023 – but details were withheld from the public for a ...

A man who had been dealing drugs whilst still in prison had a very short taste of freedom on his release day. He took just one step outside Kirkham open prison, in Lancashire, but was then ...

A violent prisoner who had spent over 30 years behind bars cried “Who wants it?” before throwing a kettle of boiling water at ...

Boys in young offender institutions (YOIs) have little opportunity to build vital relationships with staff that will help them address their offending, according to a new report by HM Inspectorate ...

Mark Fairhurst, National Chair of the Prison Officers’ Association, has called for the prison population to be halved. In an ...

Once again, I am going to use this space to publish an item that a reader has sent in. On this occasion it is Mark Clews, who ...

It’s dark outside, darker inside my head I feel awake when I should be in bed I try the door, but inside it’s locked I hear ...