Government announces independent investigation following reports of pregnant women prisoners being handcuffed  A major ...

Since the original announcement in May this year, we have received a large volume of enquiries about the change in criteria ...

One of the main criteria for a prison officer should be to be able to remember prisoners’ first names and be polite, decent, ...

I’m writing in relation to the absurd nature of the phone system that covers the prison estate. Two key points. Firstly, ...

Saying that vegans do not get enough iron is a tired old myth. You don’t need to eat meat in order to get iron into your body ...

A prisoner who suffered a stroke at HMP Wandsworth was prescribed incorrect and dangerous medication by a doctor and was ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons is now higher than before the early release scheme implemented earlier this year.

The Ministry of Justice has announced that it is running a pilot scheme in which people on licence will have to answer to ...

Education might not have been part of your story, but it can be now. At Doing What Really Matters (DWRM), we know everyone deserves the chance to learn, grow, and thrive. No matter your past, your ...

If you are currently in prison on recall, you may have heard the term ‘Risk Assessed Recall Review’ (RARR) being used by prison and probation staff. This term refers to a process of re-release ...

I was amazed to see replies in your Mailbag section to an April Fools’ Day joke about sending Category C prisoners to war in Ukraine (‘Let prisoners fight in Ukraine’, June, and ‘You can’t send me ...

When I was sentenced, the judge told me that as a transgender woman in a male prison, I would face ‘additional difficulties’ inside. One has to presume, given his job, that these ‘additional ...