A criminal gang whose crimes included torching of prison officers’ cars at HMP Addiewell as well as a number of serious ...

Inmates at HMP Dumfries have been building bird-nesting boxes to help bolster the population of common swifts in the region.

Prisons are serving as ‘universities of crime’ in which people convicted of terrorism offences are teaching members of ...

Jailed members of environmental pressure group Just Stop Oil are planning to bring legal action to have what they describe as ...

The gym at Wayland prison holds classes in Philosophy, and it was the prison’s own gym staff who came up with the idea and ...

The day after the Chief Inspector of Prisons published his annual report criticising Government failures to tackle drugs in ...

Dozens of prisoners have been temporarily moved out from their cells at HMP Liverpool. The Ministry of Justice has confirmed ...

The Government must take drugs in prison more seriously, according to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. He says enormous profits ...

A specialist unit of the Prison Service which tackles outbreaks of disorder in jails in England and Wales has seen call-outs ...

Prisoners’ Education Trust brings you details of a subject you could study in your cell  These free introductory modules can ...

In October 2024 the Lord Chancellor commissioned an independent review of sentencing to help address the growing prison ...

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