A transgender women took her own life in the segregation unit of a male prison after being denied a move to a female ...

Three prisons have been criticised for their failures to spot potential suicides, whereas early action could have saved lives ...

Every newly-arrived prisoner at HMP Pentonville will be issued with an alarm clock as the prison tries to turn itself around ...

More than 38,000 prisoners have benefited from early release under SDS40 scheme since it was introduced by the Government in ...

The Assistant General Secretary of the Prison Officers’ Association in Scotland has said he fears Organised Crime Gangs (OCGs ...

The Ministry of Justice has issued a challenge to innovators to devise “practical schemes” to halt drones dropping drugs into prisons.  HM Government Communications Centre, a Whitehall unit which ...

The number of prisoners who do not believe in God has been published for the first time in a new breakdown of religious faith ...

A prisoner has been charged with murder following the death of another prisoner at high-security Whitemoor prison in ...

A steel gate closing mimics a maestro’s flute. My musical ear has become much more acute. The music in prison is different ...

The Scottish Parliament has approved plans drawn up by the country’s Government for a third round of early releases to ease ...

The Ministry of Justice love their acronyms. We have ROTL, ACCTs, CMs, FTEs, and dozens more. When people use them, I do my ...

A report into the abuse of more than 2,000 boys at Medomsley Detention Centre in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s has suggested ...