For every four people released from prison, three are recalled for breaching licence conditions, according to the latest data ...

The 14,000 new prison places which Labour has promised will cost £600,000 each to build, according to a ...

Failure by prisons to meet the basic needs of men and women in their care is fuelling an epidemic of self-harm behind bars, ...

I read Brad Foster’s letter on chemical castration (Mailbag, June 2025) with some interest and I found myself agreeing with ...

Recent changes including the SDS40 scheme allow prisoners to be released early on a longer-but-precarious licence period.

Some prison leavers will penned in to ‘Restriction Zones’ enforced by GPS tags, under Government plans announced last week.

Day after day, week after week, I receive reports from Coroner’s inquests and from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) ...

I was interested to read your article about Official Prison Visitors (‘Tea and chat can be a lifeline’, June 2025). I first ...

The launch of David Gauke’s Independent Sentencing Review marks a welcome and timely intervention in a criminal justice ...

A few weeks ago, on a Saturday morning, word went round the wing that a seagull had been trapped in the razor wire. We went ...

My answer would be: yes and no. Even on VP (Vulnerable Prisoner) units, there exists a pecking order among sex offenders. I ...

Immigration detainees are not having their medical needs met, a report by a charity has claimed. In its first annual review ...