The Government must take drugs in prison more seriously, according to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. He says enormous profits ...

Prisoners’ Education Trust brings you details of a subject you could study in your cell  These free introductory modules can ...

My time spent in prison was never comfortable. I yearned to be free, and I could never quite fit in, and that’s what kept me ...

The Victim Contact Scheme (VCS) in England and Wales is a service designed to keep victims of certain crimes informed about what happens to the person convicted of the offence after they have been ...

Learning from my brother before I came to prison, I briefly played the drums. I never thought much about it – then I came to ...

Why are inmates in prison that are diagnosed with terminal cancer kept in prison for the last few months, or even days, when ...

Having been made aware of pictures leaked to the BBC of the enormous mushrooms that grow from the walls here at HMP Frankland ...

We are always pleased to receive letters updating us on stories we have covered in recent times. We are particularly ...

Police officers, probation officers and other public servants love to word their reports which merely serve to showcase their ...

On Wednesday 14 May, the Lord Chancellor announced plans to change the amount of time some prisoners will spend in prison after being recalled. Under this new measure any prisoner serving a ...

I wrote to you about the upcoming final report of the Independent Sentencing Review. Having been stopped on wings by countless people in the last few weeks about what it all means, I am ...

The new, lower tariffs which prisoners are charged to phone their families can at last be revealed – after critics said that the cost still remains too high. From April 1, the price of making ...