High levels of violence, self-harm and drug use continue to plague a Staffordshire prison, according to a new report. During a series of unannounced visits to HMP Dovegate, inspectors found [...]
Staff at a Yorkshire jail are photocopying letters before handing them to inmates, in case they are soaked in drugs. A report by the Independent Monitoring Board revealed that prisoners [...]
Sick and elderly and sick inmates should be released from prison to free up cells, according to the Centre for Social Justice. The thinktank’s new report, ‘The Rehabilitation Revolution’, says [...]
Young black people are far more likely to be jailed than young white people, according to a new government report. The full “exploratory study” into the treatment of young people [...]
Summer has seen an unforeseen surge in the prison population, with the number of inmates in England and Wales rising by 1,200. There are now 86,413 people behind bars – [...]
Prison rules have created barriers between children and their fathers, according to Barnardo’s. The charity has urged the government to reform the Incentives and Earned Privileges scheme, under which some [...]
