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

Having been made aware of pictures leaked to the BBC of the enormous mushrooms that grow from the walls here at HMP Frankland ...

We are always pleased to receive letters updating us on stories we have covered in recent times. We are particularly ...

Prison staff are engaged in the “widespread falsification” of vital welfare checks designed to prevent distressed prisoners from taking their own lives in their cells, a watchdog has warned.

The new, lower tariffs which prisoners are charged to phone their families can at last be revealed – after critics said that the cost still remains too high. From April 1, the price of making ...

Learning from my brother before I came to prison, I briefly played the drums. I never thought much about it – then I came to ...

Why are inmates in prison that are diagnosed with terminal cancer kept in prison for the last few months, or even days, when ...

Police officers, probation officers and other public servants love to word their reports which merely serve to showcase their ...

Tracking devices inserted under offenders’ skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to ...

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

Senior MPs from the Conservative Party and from Reform UK have proposed new ideas for prison policy – none of which are ...

A prisoner in HMP Birmingham has been found guilty of murdering his cellmate. The 43-year-old man strangled Tajinder Kular on ...