Hope is such a fragile thing. At its best, it is a motivator powerful enough to unite a nation, drive social change, and even ...

I miss the times, when we would drive, M25 in the middle of the night I’d give you my life, coz like living a life, without ...

It is hard to believe that it’s now been three years since the England women’s football team lifted their first-ever UEFA ...

Sitting here wide awake reminiscing in my past. Thinking of the good old days that were never meant to last. My family meant ...

The day my son walked out of prison after serving his sentence for fraud, I thought the worst was over. He was gaunt, older, but his eyes held hope – for work, rebuilding, quiet normality. Then ...

Some say that I’m a weirdo, I think of myself rather like a comic book hero, Meditating until I hit zero. Ego death within thy breath, the samsara test… Fear nothing but fear itself, build up like ...

Two recently-released watchdog reports on men’s prisons in England have expressed concerns about the increasing damage being ...

How can prisoners trapped on endless sentences persuade the Parole Board that they are safe to release? A psychologist offers ...

Scotland’s Independent Prison Monitor (IPM) teams have published their annual reports on every jail in the country.  There ...

An Independent Sentencing Review led by former justice secretary David Gauke published its findings in May – and the ...

Short story winners A vivid description of the thoughts that run through a prisoner’s mind whilst lying awake at night has ...

A prison governor has suggested that elderly prisoners could be moved to care homes in the community, to meet their needs ...