A total of 3,112 prisoners were released early in September and October under the Government’s SDS40 scheme to ease the ...

Men in prison are being taught to use chainsaws – in a scheme which has seen several go on to find jobs as tree surgeons ...

A quarter of prisoners eligible for early release from Scottish prisons were blocked from leaving – after governors ruled ...

Prisoners at HMP Garth are burning holes in their windows and using mop and broom handles to hook parcels of drugs flown in ...

I am writing in response to Graham Satchwell’s Mailbag titled ‘What’s wrong with Parc?’ (June 2024). The recent deaths have ...

I’m currently on remand here at my local prison, and I have been here a few times before. I have a couple of things that I ...

I have now served over 23 years of the last Labour government’s illegal two-strike life sentence. Now we have thousands serving the two-strike life sentence and thousands serving the Labour ...

Anyone who has to be released by the Parole Board will no doubt have to undergo a psychological assessment beforehand, but ...

Football fans will be well aware of the new branch of the national morality protection brigade, the “Celebration Police”. This group, not in uniform, appear on the media after matches moaning ...

Since returning to custody, the amount of support I have received feels life-changing. I was at an all-time low, but the help ...

I have read this paper many times. And I’ve read it with nearly 25 years’ shameful experience of prison life. I remember once being in treatment and the group facilitator wrote the word ...

During the 14 years the Conservatives were in power, from 2010 to 2024, there was a net increase of only 482 prison places in ...