Staff at HMP Coldingley failed to seek medical attention for a prisoner who was reportedly found “naked on all fours, and ...

The governor of a Scottish prison has told a local newspaper that “we put away too many people who annoy us rather than those ...

A prison has been slammed by a watchdog after the “truly shocking” death of a prisoner who set himself on fire in his cell ...

A former chair of the Youth Justice Board has warned that the gradual lengthening of prison sentences is to blame for the current capacity crisis in prisons. In a letter to The Guardian, Professor ...

A female prison teacher who smuggled codeine into HMP Holme House for a prisoner and was found with a love letter from the ...

A record 3,800 people in England and Wales are unable to enjoy a drink this Christmas and New Year – because they are wearing ...

One in five prisoners suffers from type 2 diabetes, a condition associated with being overweight or inactive, according to ...

A transgender woman won a High Court case in Northern Ireland to be transferred to a female prison. The 63-year-old, who was ...

A murder inquiry is underway after a prisoner was allegedly pushed off a balcony to his death. Lewis Spence, 28, who was ...

The head of the Prison Service has claimed that the quantity of drugs smuggled into jails by corrupt staff is “much smaller” ...

I am a prisoner detained at present in Japan, and I have been here for five years. Today I received news that my transfer ...

I’m writing in response to the news article ‘First failing Cat-C jail’ (October). An inspection of Rochester by Charlie ...