A 60-year-old prisoner who died of heart failure while serving his sentence was “badly let down” by the prison system, ...

Prison operator Serco has called for more searches of staff entering prisons, to combat the risk of corrupt individuals ...

The shadow of indeterminate sentences looms large within the UK’s penal system, a stark contrast to the approaches of many European nations. While open-ended detention exists elsewhere, the sheer ...

Within one week in late June, two significant reports were published. The first, by an expert panel established by the Howard ...

Your human and legal rights don’t end when you are imprisoned – although that is debatable. What is not debatable is your ...

I am currently a remand prisoner here at Armley and have been in and out of the system for the past eight years. Since coming ...

Arrests after drones spotted Suspects have been arrested after drones were spotted at prisons in two separate incidents. At ...

The Offender Management Unit told me I cannot go to a category D prison because I am still maintaining my innocence. I have done no programmes because I am maintaining my innocence. I was told ...

I am writing in response to a Mailbag from a prisoner at HMP Fosse Way (‘I’m scared to leave my cell, but they won’t deliver ...

I write in response to the April issue Mailbag titled ‘Forced into War?’, by H Flubb of HMP Wandsworth. I read this letter and become instantly excited at the prospect of an opportunity like this.

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

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 ...