MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have warned that prisons and law courts – along with schools, hospitals, the ...

In a survey of prison officers in Scotland, more than 95 per cent said that rising prisoner numbers are making the country’s ...

Following an inquest in Dorset, Coroner Rachael Griffin has warned that weaknesses found at HMP The Verne that led to the suicide of 53-year-old Colin Lovett are happening elsewhere. She has ...

As part of its push to prevent the return of a prison capacity crisis, the Ministry of Justice has revealed the design of a ...

A higher percentage of ex-military personnel who are in prison are accessing the various support services available to them than was the case previously, according to a survey undertaken in 2022 ...

Nottinghamshire Police say they have arrested two people after staff at Lowdham Grange prison discovered a drone had dropped package in their grounds. The package, which contained bags of drugs ...

A man who had been dealing drugs whilst still in prison had a very short taste of freedom on his release day. He took just one step outside Kirkham open prison, in Lancashire, but was then ...

A prison governor has suffered a fractured skull after in an assault by an inmate at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire. The ...

Boys in young offender institutions (YOIs) have little opportunity to build vital relationships with staff that will help them address their offending, according to a new report by HM Inspectorate ...

A violent prisoner who had spent over 30 years behind bars cried “Who wants it?” before throwing a kettle of boiling water at ...

Andy Slaughter, Chair of the Justice Select Committee (JSC), has expressed “cautious optimism” about the future of the CCRC ...

Once again, I am going to use this space to publish an item that a reader has sent in. On this occasion it is Mark Clews, who ...