The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has linked the death of Haydar Jeffreys, who took his own life at HMP Coldingley on ...

A juror has been jailed for four months having been found to have searched the internet to gain information on the law on ...

The House of Commons Justice Committee has published a major report on what it describes as the “epidemic of drugs” within prisons. It says that increasing use of illicit substances is being ...

Scotland’s prison population has reached a new high of 8,430, whilst at the same time the opening of the new HMP Glasgow – ...

The number of people dying in prison has reached a record high, with more deaths over the past 12 months than at the peak of the Covid pandemic. In the year to September 2025 there were 411 deaths ...

I love Britain, and know I am lucky to live here. At its best, it is a great place to be. However I cannot accept that this must be “my country right or wrong”. That saying was first used as a ...

When the Government’s Sentencing Bill came before Parliament for its House of Commons committee stage last week, amendments were debated which would have changed the law on both the Joint Enterprise ...

HMP and YOI Stirling has won two major awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The organisation described the building, which opened in 2023 as Scotland’s primary women’s ...

Researchers at Cardiff and Liverpool Universities have reported that inmates in HMP Berwyn, the biggest prison in Wales, have ...

A 37=year-old man serving a life sentence at HMP Shotts has been was given an additional year in prison after he attacked a fellow lifer with a razor blade. His 28-year-old victim was collecting his ...