A female prison officer from HMP Five Wells has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office amid reports that ...

Two deaths of young prisoners within English jails were reported over the Christmas period. Alex Davies, 25, was found ...

A female prison teacher who smuggled codeine into HMP Holme House for a prisoner and was found with a love letter from the ...

A murder inquiry is underway after a prisoner was allegedly pushed off a balcony to his death. Lewis Spence, 28, who was ...

One in five prisoners suffers from type 2 diabetes, a condition associated with being overweight or inactive, according to ...

A scheme offering six free counselling sessions to jurors left upset by hearing harrowing evidence during criminal trials has ...

A former chair of the Youth Justice Board has warned that the gradual lengthening of prison sentences is to blame for the current capacity crisis in prisons. In a letter to The Guardian, Professor ...

A record 3,800 people in England and Wales are unable to enjoy a drink this Christmas and New Year – because they are wearing alcohol tags. The devices may be fitted to ex-prisoners on licence or ...

Thirty MPs have signed a House of Commons motion calling on the Government to bring all prison maintenance services back in-house. The Early Day Motion highlights a finding by the National Audit ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood fended off MPs’ questions on early releases, the Sentencing Review, and the state of young offender institutions (YOIs) in her first appearance before the Justice ...

More than 100 prisoners serving life or IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentences have been blocked from moving to ...

After reading so many negative letters about other prisons, I’d like to write a positive one. I was transferred to this ...