The gym at Wayland prison holds classes in Philosophy, and it was the prison’s own gym staff who came up with the idea and ...

The day after the Chief Inspector of Prisons published his annual report criticising Government failures to tackle drugs in ...

Retired senior judge Sir Brian Leveson, who was tasked by the Government to look at ways to solve the backlog of cases in the criminal courts, has made radical proposals to change the system and ...

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

My time spent in prison was never comfortable. I yearned to be free, and I could never quite fit in, and that’s what kept me ...

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

Prisoners’ Education Trust brings you details of a subject you could study in your cell  These free introductory modules can ...

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

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

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

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

You may have heard that some prisoners will be moved to an open prison if they have 24 months or less to go on their sentence and meet a strict set of conditions, this is called the Temporary ...