A former gang member and addict who spent years trapped in a cycle of drugs, alcohol, violence and prison has written a book ...

The latest report on HMP Lowdham Grange by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) shows “considerable improvements” according to ...

The Royal Literary Fund (RLF), the world’s oldest literary charity, has announced a programme of events in prisons as part of ...

The trade union representing the majority of staff working in probation has passed a motion of no confidence in the ...

Inspectors visiting Parc Young Offender Institution (YOI) were impressed by what they say is the best YOI in England and ...

Following the latest in a programme of inspections of public protection measures in probation, Martin Jones, HM Chief ...

The Scottish Government has set out a far-reaching package of proposals to grant earlier release for prisoners and ease an overcrowding crisis in the country’s jails. Scottish Justice Secretary ...

An estimated 6,000 prisoners will be released earlier than planned from English and Welsh jails in 10 monthly tranches, ...

A prison which kept its in-cell phones switched off for most of the day and limited residents to 60 minutes of calls per day ...

Scotland has scrapped its policy of housing transgender women in female prisons and begun transferring them back to the male ...

The boss of Serco has revealed that he was assaulted by prisoners “a number of times” at one of the jails that the company ...

A Muslim charity has published a report showing that Muslim prisoners are more likely to be discliplined for breaking prison ...