The Ministry of Justice has published guidelines for prisons, youth custody facilities, and probation on support for those ...

A 30-year-old woman appeared in court last week charged with having an “inappropriate relationship” with a male prisoner ...

The Chief Inspector of Probation has demanded improvements in provision in the Yorkshire and Humber region of the probation ...

HM Inspectorate of Probation has published three reports on Approved Premises that found mixed progress.  Pennywell House in ...

A fire in HMP Highpoint that required attendance by 17 fire appliances is now being considered as potentially arson.  Suffolk ...

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has said that the death in custody of Colin Sturr in March 2024 exposed “troubling failures” within HMP Durham.  Mr Sturr, 63, was found dead in his cell having ...

Prison inspectors revisited HMP Leeds in March this year to follow up on their damning report published in October 2025. They ...

A prisoner who made an unusual request to be handed a whole life order had it rejected by a judge. The 53-year-old admitted two charges of attempting to murder fellow prisoners after attacks ...

Men in prison are using a ‘24/7 mental health text service’ which allows them to send messages about their problems and ...

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Full Sutton has expressed concern over staffing shortages at the high-security ...

A major Muslim organisation has warned that Muslims are three times overrepresented in the prison population – and called for ...

There’s a lot of talk about prisons being full and run down. The system is broken. The probation service can’t cope with ...