The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has released a scathing report into the death of Frederick Heard in HMP Parc at the age ...

The long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke is anticipated to announce a radical change in ...

Reforms to deportation and removal rules will make it easier to remove foreign criminals committing crimes in the UK, ...

To be honest, I’m scared. I’ve only been in prison for a short while, but as a transgender woman I have already faced my fair ...

Three women officers in their twenties have been convicted and sentenced in separate cases after entering into illicit ...

A former prison governor has been imprisoned for nine years having been found guilty of misconduct in a public office. The 42 ...

I am writing in response to the well-publicised Supreme Court ruling in the case brought by For Women Scotland. I am a trans ...

I always used to believe the House of Lords should be abolished, and certainly that hereditary peers have no place in a ...

I read with keen interest the comments of DJM on food, sweatshop wages, and officers taking no interest at HMP Northumberland ...

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On 26 March 2025 the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, presented the Spring Statement against a backdrop of a lack of economic ...

Every prison in England and Wales has an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) – volunteers who check on how the prison is run and report back annually. Here are their latest findings.