The Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) and Two Strike life sentences are again hitting the spotlight with the ...

I respond to the star letter in the September issue of Inside Time, by Mr Anthony F. It is admirable of Mr F to have empathy ...

A female maths teacher at HMP Chelmsford who sent sexually explicit pictures of herself to a prisoner has admitted misconduct ...

Six inspection reports into Court Custody Units (CCUs) in Scotland have produced largely positive findings. His Majesty’s ...

Children in custody live in fear of being attacked and would be too scared to report bullying or victimisation, according to ...

An exhibition about the experiences of men serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences is being held in Chester Cathedral from 11 to 25 October. Entitled ‘Seeing Life Wounded ...

America is having a constitutional argument about what are sometimes called ‘agency courts’: administrative tribunals operating within government departments. The Institute for Justice, a US ...

I have been trying to transfer out of HMP Stafford in order to be closer to my family in Portsmouth. Two weeks after I arrived here, my mother sadly passed away after a battle with dementia. This ...

The Government has come under extreme pressure about releasing prisoners early. It was always going to be controversial, and a public outrage was inevitable. There was an easier way to resolve the ...

Black boys in custody are more likely to have PAVA synthetic pepper spray used against them than their White counterparts, according to Ministry of Justice statistics. The data, released to the ...

Parliamentarians, trade union leaders and rank-and-file police officers have joined forces to call on the Government to order a Royal Commission on Prisons and the Justice System. A joint letter ...

Building work at HMP Lancaster Farms will see the number of places at the jail increase from 584 to 824, with new cells being introduced equipped with modern security features such as reinforced ...