More than 100 prisoners serving life or IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentences have been blocked from moving to ...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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’, ...

A riot squad which tackles outbreaks of disorder in jails has been told by a Government enforcement agency that it is breaching safety laws. The Health and Safety Executive issued a warning notice ...

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 ...