Research into children’s understanding of sentencing practices has shown that many do not know they have reached the age of ...

Thousands of people on remand or on bail awaiting trial may lose the right to appear before a jury under plans reportedly being considered by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood. Instead of having ...

The first-ever construction workshop training programme in the women’s estate is set to launch at HMP Styal. The ...

Sally Jameson switched from being a prison officer at HMP Moorland to becoming the MP for Doncaster Central. Now she finds ...

A former prison officer from HMP Holme House has been jailed for 12 months after she admitted smuggling drugs into the prison ...

Scotland has a new Chief Inspector of Prisons. Sara Snell will take up her new role in early February 2025, replacing Wendy ...

Prisoners are being offered a sensory healing technique called ‘innerdance’ to tackle stress and boost well-being. The ...

The education inspectorate Ofsted has slammed the quality of prison education in its annual report published last week. Sir ...

The prison population of England and Wales is projected to increase to over 100,000 by March 2029 from the current total of ...

In what appears to be a second breach of prison security within a month, confidential plans for new prisons have reportedly ...

I am an IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) prisoner. I read your newspaper every month without fail. I see a lot of ...

I do not know how many people had heard of Louise Haigh (pictured) until recently. We now know she was a Cabinet Minister, ...