Tag: prison

As British prisons experienced their first deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19), justice campaigners have warned this might just be the beginning. ...

The inmate at HMP Littlehey, a category C male sex offenders’ jail in Cambridgeshire, reportedly had underlying health issues.

The riots broke out after corrections authorities suspended or limited family visits for two weeks to prevent the spread of ...

Campaigners are demanding that the Prison Service takes steps to prevent further violent attacks on prisoner Kevan Thakrar. On 23 ...

A man who needed money until his benefits were sorted was offered a loan of 8p by the Department of ...

HMP Winchester has been in special measures for the last year.

Gangs, drugs, debts and volatile young prisoners are fuelling the situation, according to inspectors.

Anti-prison campaigners are fighting the creation of a new ‘mega-prison’ in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. And yesterday they stepped up their campaign ...

It is hoped the reforms will ‘break barriers’ to employment faced by ex-offenders who want to turn their lives around.

More people are being sent to prison in England and Wales every year than anywhere else in western Europe, figures ...

It came out on 7 June that Tory leadership hopeful Michael Gove took cocaine over 20 years ago. While cocaine ...

Sitting on the pavement in Somerset "without reasonable excuse" landed a homeless man with a 20-week jail sentence. According to County ...

This week, an inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man in custody is underway at Sydney's Downing Centre in ...

On 6 February, Leonard Peltier began his 43rd year in prison. He is serving two life sentences in the US ...

A review by MP David Lammy criticises the criminal justice system (CJS) for “overt discrimination” against black and minority ethnic ...

A former governor has nailed exactly why our prison system is in crisis in just four words. Speaking on Radio 4's Today ...

An award-winning comic book author is trying to save two real life superheroes. The two pensioners are currently on remand ...