An Ombudsman’s report has warned that prisoners known to be at risk of suicide are taking their own lives in segregation ...

The Chief Inspector of Probation has told MPs that a risk-averse approach and an inexperienced probation workforce lie behind a drastic increase in the number of prisoner-leavers being recalled to ...

MPs on the cross-party Welsh Affairs Select Committee have called on the Ministry of Justice to pause its plans to expand HMP Parc. After a two-year investigation the Committee decided that ...

The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) held a celebration and awards event last week to recognise those that had taken part in its Next Generation Leaders programme for senior prison staff.  Attendees ...

An online conference organised by Commonweal Housing, an organisation which finds solutions to urgent housing needs, looked at different schemes available for women leaving prison.  Attendees were ...

Campaigners from JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association) gathered in Parliament last week to call for life sentences for children to be scrapped.  Chaired by Labour MP Kim Johnson, the ...

A 53-year-old prisoner has admitted trying to kill a fellow prisoner in an attack at Full Sutton high-security prison in May 2024. In a hearing at Hull Crown Court on 20 March, the man, speaking ...

Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, has said in a newly-issued report that prisoners who are detained awaiting trial or sentencing have poorer outcomes than those serving a sentence.

A 47-year-old prisoner will appear before the Old Bailey charged with attempting to murder an imam at Full Sutton high-security prison. A hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 25 March ...

Most people who would previously have been handed a prison sentence of one year or less will, from now on, receive community or suspended sentences. That is because the Sentencing Act (2026) has ...

A 36-year-old woman who worked as a prison officer at HMP Long Lartin was found to be having a relationship with a 35-year-old prisoner after incriminating evidence was found on a mobile phone ...

A 20-year-old man took his own life at HMP Pentonville whilst on a suicide watch list, an inquest has ruled. The Coroner has issued the prison with a Prevention of Future Deaths Notice, after ...