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

A top prison lawyer explains latest changes around early release and release on tag The pressure on the prison estate in ...

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 ...

In contemporary discussions about criminal justice reform, the concept of rehabilitation emerges as the beacon of last hope.

Anyone who knows me would say I am always happy to help at any time. That is, provided it is nothing difficult or ...

I was recently downgraded to the Basic regime for 28 days for relapsing due to my alcoholism – a recognised medical condition ...

The government’s plan to ease prison overcrowding was to release prisoners after only 40 per cent of their sentence served.

I’m a former prisoner just wanting to inform people that there are people out there to support you if you ask. Since coming ...

The Prison Service has admitted that it regularly receives job applications from people with “malicious intentions” seeking ...

Women in prison will be offered construction training for the first time, with a course which breaks down gender barriers. HMP Styal is launching a 10-week ‘property maintenance bootcamp’, ...

I wrote to you some time ago regarding the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme. I included the following quote from the Incentives Policy Framework: “Without careful monitoring, schemes ...