Browsing: Prisons

Good morning. Maybe the most gobsmacking detail about the accidental release of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford was this, from a delivery driver who was delivering…

Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released from a 12-month prison sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, despite the fact that his offences had sparked riots across…

Prisons are expected to begin enhanced checks before inmates are released after a man who sexually assaulted a young girl was mistakenly freed from jail.The justice…

Police searching in London for a former asylum seeker and convicted sex offender who was released from prison in error have urged him to hand himself…

Cuts to education in prisons are derailing offenders’ work and training and ultimately endangering the public, the prisons watchdog has warned.Repeat offenders “cause mayhem” in their…

The Probation Service in England and Wales is failing to monitor and assess tens of thousands of offenders who pose a serious risk to women and…

Jay Miller’s account of teaching philosophy in prison is powerful and welcome (‘You want to talk about a world of lies?’ Teaching philosophy in prison, 9…

Prisons across England and Wales are set to slash frontline spending on education courses by up to 50%, despite promises from Keir Starmer to improve “access…

Hundreds of foreign prison officers will lose their jobs and could be forced to return to their home countries at short notice because of a change…

Robert Jenrick has called for asylum seekers to be detained in “camps” with facilities like “rudimentary prisons”, in an apparent attempt to outflank Reform with his…