I have been in custody since August 2025. I suffer from degradation of the spinal cord, which effects my balance and mobility ...

In the world of drug offending, offences are driven by supply and demand. Some academics argue that if there was not a market for the drugs, drug offences would plummet. Others argue that if ...

The first meeting of the Commons Justice Committee since the appointment of the new Prime Minister saw two people facing each other across the table, neither of whom expected to be sitting in that ...

Three intensive supervision courts for women have opened in the north of England. They are in West Yorkshire, Merseyside, and ...

A 64-year-old man who was previously a prison officer at HMP Guernsey pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing an unlicensed firearm and unsecured shotgun ammunition and was also found guilty of ...

Two men aged 20 and 21 attacked a man at HMP Deerbolt in April 2025. They appeared in Durham Crown Court where Judge Joanne ...

The charity Unlocked Graduates has closed down after six years of independent operation. Founded by Natasha Porter, the ...

With cold weather looming, a prison watchdog has described the grim conditions at one Victorian-built jail last winter.  At ...

Two men aged 41 and 27 pleaded guilty to participating in a prison mutiny when they appeared at Isle of Wight Crown Court.  The prosecutor told the court the pair were both prisoners at HMP Isle ...

A 39-year-old married woman who had been working as a prison officer at HMP Long Lartin has been handed a nine-month prison ...

Eleven Approved Premises (AP) hostels that were supposed to have housed dangerous prison leavers during the early release of 4,500 prisoners in England and Wales are currently closed, according to ...

I have often wondered what people thought when stories that had been passed from one person to another began to be written ...