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

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

Sally Jameson, a former prison officer who became a Labour MP at last year’s general election, has pointed the finger of blame for today’s prison chaos at the previous Conservative Government.  Ms ...

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

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

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

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

Greater Manchester Police have published photos of more than 500 phones, other electronic devices, and SIM cards which were seized from prisoners at HMP Manchester. The illicit equipment ...

A prison officer who formed relationships with two prisoners at HMP Coldingley and had sex with one of them in the prison’s ...

A police force has begun screening people in custody for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) – and found that 80 ...

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

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