The Catholic Church has called for more prisoners to be allowed day release and spend time in open prisons, in order to ...

The Government has launched a major review of sentencing, to tackle the capacity crisis in jails – and it is looking for ...

Prison ‘cheese’ is 79% water, palm oil, and starch It can’t legally be called cheese on menus  Now Trading Standards have ...

As many reading this will be all too aware, the fear of being forgotten is one familiar to many in our prisons. In my role as Catholic Liaison Bishop for Prisons, I have often been struck by the ...

Most prisoners in Scotland serving less than four years will from next February onwards be released after serving 40 per cent ...

The Government is aiming to train tens of thousands of prisoners so they can fill labour shortages in a major drive to ...

A watchdog has warned that the prison estate is “crumbling” across England and Wales, causing a “high human cost which paints ...

I find myself back in custody on recall after being made homeless from a probation-approved hostel. I spent eight weeks there ...

The one good thing that I’ve learned since being put into prison is not to judge a book by its cover. People that I would ...

I wrote to you some time ago regarding the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme. I included the following quote from the Incentives Policy Framework: “Without careful monitoring, schemes ...

Andrew Malkinson, who served 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, was betrayed – and so was the victim. We at ...

I have been doing a lot of reading and writing this time round in prison. It is my third time inside, and I am convinced that patience definitely comes with maturity. It has been taking my mind ...