Browsing: Prisons

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…

Ministers will legislate next month to abolish most short prison sentences, toughen up community punishments and introduce a Texas-inspired system whereby inmates can earn early release…

Sue thrusts both hands deep into the rich, dark, soil, grabs a fistful and lets it trickle through her fingers. “Look at this, just look. This…

Anne Owers’ damning review of the prison capacity crisis should serve as a watershed moment for criminal justice policy in this country (Prison system was days…