Exclusive: Union claims some offenders are deliberately breaking probation terms in order to deal drugs in jail ...

Specialised gangs piloting drones to fly drugs and weapons into prisons are working up and down the country to "beat" the system, the governor of HMP Manchester has told Sky News.

Prisons across England and Wales are at their highest capacity in months, with just 961 available cells, according to new government statistics. ContentsWhat Do the Figures Show?Could Another ...

The latest prison figures for England and Wales show nearly 40,000 offenders have been released early since September 2024, while recalls of inmates are at “historically high” levels and the rate of ...

THE number of people dying in prisons in England and Wales reached its highest level on record last year as campaigners ...

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Drone deliveries of drugs and weapons into British prisons have become a national security threat, the country's chief prisons inspector warned on Tuesday, calling for ...

The drugs crisis in English and Welsh prisons has reached “endemic” levels, “fostering a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken”, said the House of Commons Justice Committee. The prison ...

Two prisoners who broke prison rules whilst in jail, have had time added to their sentences. One for an assault in a prison in Scotland, the other for a mobile phone in a jail in England. In the ...

In the early 1990s, while working at the Maudsley Hospital in London, clinical and forensic psychologist Susan Young began to notice a troubling trend. Young people diagnosed with conditions such as ...

Senior midwives and researchers with experience in criminal and social justice are among those calling for improved maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons. In an article published by The ...