A man who was granted early release from prison under the Government’s SDS40 scheme killed another man the day he walked out ...

More than 1,000 people are in prison for cannabis-related offences in England and Wales, the Government has said. The figure only includes people for whom cannabis was recorded as the main offence ...

Ernest Drucker (1940-2025) was a public health researcher who believed that punishment does not – and could never – solve ...

I am writing in response to your article about prisoners with cancer (‘A deadly diagnosis’, Feb 2025), which I found very ...

Women in prison will be given access to hairdryers, hair straighteners and salons in a drive to reduce levels of self-harm.

Have you notice how quick people in authority are to assign negative labels to us? They normally take the form of ‘He or she is from such-and-such a background’. They are such-and-such a colour ...

I made a terrible mistake and feel I should apologise. It not only caused controversy but also cost the country a lot of money. In 2022, on 1 April (note the relevance of ...

The UK’s newest jail, HMP Millsike (pictured), had a ceremonial opening on 27 March in advance of its first batch of 200 ...

A watchdog has criticised prisons for having different rules on what possessions are allowed – making things unfair for people who move between establishments. Adrian Usher, the Prisons and ...

I am a 65-year-old man, and I have been at HMP Isle of Wight for over six years now, so I have plenty of experience of how ...

Here at HMP Full Sutton, they have decided to photocopy all of our mail instead of giving us the originals. This includes all letters, cards, and photographs. They come to us at now on grainy ...

I was on the phone to my mum recently while she was at the hairdressers. She overheard a woman who said that her daughter is ...