As 2025 began, some jails in England and Wales were still close to being full – despite the success of the early release ...

Adjudications, commonly known as ‘nickings’ are the procedures by which offences against the Prison Rules, allegedly having ...

From our many visits into prisons, working with prison communities and charities, we know that you are interested in a wide ...

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has called on the US authorities to ensure prisoners who have been helping fight fires in ...

A pharmacy support worker at HMP Doncaster has been jailed for eight months after she admitted forming a relationship with a ...

The head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has quit – with an angry resignation letter saying she had been ...

My brother was convicted and immediately remanded after we were repeatedly told by his legal team it would go nowhere. Even up until the day of the verdict, the barrister said it wasn’t going ...

You disgust me. Get your things and go home and don’t return.” That is what Matthew Brady, a former prison officer who was ...

A search of a troubled jail uncovered 85 machetes which had been made by prisoners to defend themselves from the threat of violence. The improvised weapons, constructed from washing machine parts, ...

There are some changes needed within the prison system that seem so obviously sensible it is hard to understand why they are ...

Here at HMP Hull it is easier to get hold of Spice than a pair of socks or clean bedding. Even the officers agree. So you’re ...

I’m responding to the Mailbag titled ‘Religious discrimination’ (September 2024). At this prison, the Christians and Muslims ...