Private prison contractors are leading the way when it comes to offering jobs to ex-prisoners, an investigation by the ...

Watchdog finds prisoners humiliated at hospitals Woman ‘cuffed to male officer in breast exam’ An NHS watchdog has found that ...

The governor of a Scottish prison has told a local newspaper that “we put away too many people who annoy us rather than those ...

Staff at HMP Coldingley failed to seek medical attention for a prisoner who was reportedly found “naked on all fours, and ...

A female prison teacher who smuggled codeine into HMP Holme House for a prisoner and was found with a love letter from the ...

A prison has been slammed by a watchdog after the “truly shocking” death of a prisoner who set himself on fire in his cell ...

A murder inquiry is underway after a prisoner was allegedly pushed off a balcony to his death. Lewis Spence, 28, who was ...

One in five prisoners suffers from type 2 diabetes, a condition associated with being overweight or inactive, according to ...

A former chair of the Youth Justice Board has warned that the gradual lengthening of prison sentences is to blame for the current capacity crisis in prisons. In a letter to The Guardian, Professor ...

A record 3,800 people in England and Wales are unable to enjoy a drink this Christmas and New Year – because they are wearing alcohol tags. The devices may be fitted to ex-prisoners on licence or ...

The head of the Prison Service has claimed that the quantity of drugs smuggled into jails by corrupt staff is “much smaller” ...

A transgender woman won a High Court case in Northern Ireland to be transferred to a female prison. The 63-year-old, who was ...