The charity Children Heard and Seen has published its annual report, urging the Government to fulfil Labour’s manifesto ...

A man wrongly convicted of murder who spent 11 years in prison has lost his appeal against a deduction from his compensation ...

Police arrested three suspects after seizing socks filled with drugs attached to a fishing line close to HMP Ranby in ...

Forces veterans at HMP Stafford took part in an event to jointly commemorate VE Day and VJ Day, reports Sarah King from the ...

The Shannon Trust has launched a new electronic version of its learn-to-read scheme. Turning pages Digital allows learners to ...

There are now new rules for how Progression Panels should work for people serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) or ...

Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court and President of the Expert Witness Institute, has urged his fellow judges to improve “scientific and technical literacy” to prevent miscarriages ...

Having seen on the news this week about the critical shortage of blood stocks within the NHS, I have wondered why the prison ...

Four women have appeared in court in separate cases in August, accused of forming relationships with male prisoners or ...

A man who was found hanged in his cell at HMP Wandsworth would still be alive if he had been sent to a different prison, according to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. An inquest ended this ...

You may be aware that earlier this year 31 adult male closed prisons in England and Wales removed all their manual wet-shave ...

Most foreign criminals convicted by UK courts will be deported immediately, instead of part-way through their sentences, ...