Three men accused of murdering prisoner Kyle Bevan at HMP Wakefield on 5 November 2024 have all pleaded not guilty in court. ...

Two more female staff working in English prisons have appeared in court in separate cases, charged with misconduct in public ...

Senior officials from the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) appeared before the House of ...

Foreign nationals recruited to work as prison officers in England and Wales will be allowed to keep their jobs after the ...

The Clink Charity, which trains prisoners to work in catering and hospitality after release, has won a competitive tendering ...

A high-security prison which suffers from “dangerous levels of violence” and creates “sense of despair” has been placed under emergency measures by a watchdog. HMP Swaleside in Kent was described ...

It is New Year’s Eve at the North Pole. As the wind whistles through his long white beard, an old man walks along a long, straight, road. In one hand he carries a long handled scythe, in the other ...

It was Christmas Eve in the jailhouse, The excitement that hung in the air, But not for the thought of the presents, Or the perfectly cooked Christmas fayre. It wasn’t the thrill of the snowfall, ...

Christmas is a day in December, Maybe we’ll set a little more time aside to remember, Those days we shared laughs and gifts, No signs of troubles, issues or rifts. Food was plenty, joy was all ...

Failures by staff might have contributed to the death of a vulnerable prisoner who took his own life on his first night at ...

Bosses of independently-managed Approved Premises (AP) hostels have defended the high rate at which their residents are recalled to prison, saying it is essential to keep the public safe. Leaders ...