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 ...

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 ...

A crisp, clear autumn morning by the seaside. There is scarcely a cloud in the pale blue sky. It’s an almost idyllic scene. Suddenly the peaceful silence is shattered by a loud burst of automatic ...

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 ...

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

I completely agree with Danny Green from Lowdham Grange (‘Exclusions from Early Release’, Mailbags, Aug). The way Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and early release are worked out is all wrong. Each case ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

This morning I had two choices about what to write. I considered covering the change from Shabana Mahmood to David Lammy as Justice Secretary following a Cabinet reshuffle, and talking about the ...