The Government promised 14,000 more prison places including four new men’s jails as it unveiled the first 10-year Prison ...

Rachel Reeves delivered Labour’s first Budget in fourteen years with the underlying theme of raising £40bn, the so-called ...

For many, the festive period is a time of fun and happiness.  But we understand that for people in prison, who are away from ...

Drink and Drugs News (DDN) is the monthly magazine for those working with drug and alcohol clients, including in prisons. In ...

A quarter of prisoners eligible for early release from Scottish prisons were blocked from leaving – after governors ruled that they posed a danger to others or to themselves. Out of 648 ...

A total of 3,112 prisoners were released early in September and October under the Government’s SDS40 scheme to ease the capacity crisis at jails in England and Wales. They walked out of jail on ...

The number of drones spotted flying contraband into UK prisons has been doubling year on year, according to official figures. In 2020 there were 134 sightings or seizures of drones at jails in ...

A prisoner has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of another prisoner at HMP Five Wells. A 49-year-old man was found dead at the jail at 9.30am on 10 December. A forensic ...

Two coroners have warned that prison officers lack training in first aid, following inquests into the deaths of prisoners.  Priya Malhotra, Assistant Coroner for Inner West London, concluded that ...

Happy 1st birthday IPCI! In November 2023, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) launched IPCI. We were concerned because we couldn’t look into almost half of the complaints we received, ...

Every prison in England and Wales has an Independent Monitoring Board – local volunteers who check on how the prison is run and publish their findings in an annual report. Here are some of ...

Inside Time lists the latest inspection reports for UK prisons. Reports for your prison – including an easy read version – should be available in the prison library or ...