A scheme in which prisoners act as mentors, helping other prisoners to submit complaints, has been expanded to more jails.

The Chief Inspector of Probation, Martin Jones, having studied outcomes of probation work up to August 2023, has concluded that “the implementation and delivery of services was deemed to be ...

Security officers at HMP Berwyn got suspicious when they saw a man enter for a prison visit wearing a thick black jumper in ...

Overcrowding is a trigger for poor performances in prisons, says a research document produced by the Institute for Government ...

An exhibition featuring work by prisoners at New Hall women’s jail in West Yorkshire was displayed this month at York St John ...

Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, has clashed with the Sentencing Council over new guidelines due to take effect on 1 April which opposition parties have described as “two-tier sentencing.” The ...

A community group is looking to take over HMP Inverness when it eventually closes. The prison is one of Scotland’s oldest operating jails, opened 120 years ago, and is soon to be replaced by HMP ...

Overcrowding is forcing prisons to focus on averting disaster instead of rehabilitating their residents, says a report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC). MPs on the ...

A ‘groundbreaking’ deal between the UK and Albanian governments which was meant to see 200 Albanian nationals sent from UK ...