The HMP Leeds Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) says it is very concerned at the large number of self-inflicted deaths at ...

Ministry of Justice figures published last week for the use of offending behaviour programmes by the Probation Service show ...

The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) said last week that it is “highly likely” that a disused block in the prison will ...

An inmate in HMP Littlehey died after the prison cancelled his cancer check-ups due to a lack of escort staff. A report into ...

A prisoner who murdered a fellow inmate in a dispute over a vape debt has been jailed for life. The 27-year-old punched ...

When the National Smoke Free Policy was brought into place, specific measures were set in place to support prisoners of those ...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (pictured) has pledged to create over 30,000 new prison places if he becomes the next Prime ...

Whilst political attention often centres on the NHS and the visible front line of our healthcare system, a disturbing silence ...

Every month I read, in this paper, articles on how unprofessional prison officers are and the wrongdoings they are in the ...

Reading the Mailbag ‘Let prisoners fight in Ukraine’ (April) made me think back to the last general election when the ...

I found the Mailbag from J Cook (‘Buddhism ignored’, July) somewhat perplexing as it does not fit with my experiences of ...

The Government proposes that building 14,000 more prison places will address the overcrowding crisis in British gaols.