MP Liverpool has recorded the highest level of positive drug tests of any reception prison, according to an inspection report ...

Sodexo-run HMP Addiewell has the highest number of self-harm cases and prisoner assaults in Scotland. Figures released to the ...

Charity chiefs and criminal justice experts have submitted a joint open letter to Justice Secretary David Lammy calling for ...

New visa rules could force 2,600 prison staff to leave their jobs at jails in England and Wales and return to their homelands ...

Crumbling buildings and staff shortages are having a “profound impact” on the ability of prisons to deliver rehabilitation, ...

A study by the University of Sussex has concluded that the outlawing of ‘legal highs’ has caused an increase in incidents of violence, self-harm, and suicide in prisons. Researchers say that ...

Eating from blue plastic crockery (pictured) is as much a part of the prison experience as wearing grey tracksuits and ...

Prisoners and staff at HMP Stafford commemorated Remembrance Sunday in front of a replica Cenotaph they made themselves. The ...

On Sunday 21 September the Lord Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, announced plans to improve the safety of ...

An officer at HMP Parc is under investigation after he was allegedly overheard by a nurse threatening to “smother” a prisoner ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) failed to spot that a man who it employed as a prison officer had a criminal record for ...

I’ve wasted that much time in jail my brother Reggie is five and I barely know him. I’ve seen so many unthinkable things in ...