More than 100 prisoners serving life or IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentences have been blocked from moving to ...

The Prison Service has admitted that it regularly receives job applications from people with “malicious intentions” seeking ...

Women in prison will be offered construction training for the first time, with a course which breaks down gender barriers. HMP Styal is launching a 10-week ‘property maintenance bootcamp’, ...

A riot squad which tackles outbreaks of disorder in jails has been told by a Government enforcement agency that it is breaching safety laws. The Health and Safety Executive issued a warning notice ...

Last month’s Government announcement of a 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, focusing on building 14,000 additional places in England and Wales, led to warnings from prison reformers that it is ...

I have been in this prison for two months and have not seen anything quite like it. So many people using drugs, most of all Spice. On a good day there are at least three ‘code blues’, which stands ...

I have been recalled to prison for the second time, unlawfully, by my local probation service, Selly Oak in Birmingham. I will give a brief rundown of what led to my false imprisonment. A member ...

I wrote to you some time ago regarding the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme. I included the following quote from the Incentives Policy Framework: “Without careful monitoring, schemes ...

I have a different approach to employing former prisoners, and I question Lord Timpson’s comments. I first employed a young offender 35 years ago after an approach by his probation officer. In ...

Anyone who knows me would say I am always happy to help at any time. That is, provided it is nothing difficult or ...

After reading so many negative letters about other prisons, I’d like to write a positive one. I was transferred to this ...

In contemporary discussions about criminal justice reform, the concept of rehabilitation emerges as the beacon of last hope.