Life behind bars during COVID
Nikki2021-08-25T20:16:02+01:00COVID has affected many things in our day to day lives, and during the pandemic many things were put on hold. However, prisoners in the UK had their lives [...]
Prisoners and Education: The Ugly Truth
Nikki2021-08-18T15:49:50+01:00Chris Atkins, the author of A Bit of a Stretch and The Diaries of a Prisoner, tells us the story how as a former prisoner, managed to gain himself [...]
Drug smuggling on a new high as visitors stash drugs in crutches
Nikki2021-07-28T18:58:46+01:00Sources have revealed that visitors at Addiewell Prison are smuggling drugs inside crutches for the inmates. Sources revealed that Prisoners have been faking injuries to gain crutches ready for [...]
Every Death is a tragedy. Welfare Commission of Scotland raise official concerns.
Nikki2021-07-14T22:11:54+01:00The Welfare Commission of Scotland has released an official report raising the concerns on the welfare of how women with mental illness problems are being treated whilst in Prison.The [...]
HMP Bedford offers social visits to vulnerable prisoners
Nikki2021-06-30T15:32:39+01:00HMP Bedford has announced that it will start to ease its coronavirus restrictions in order to aid those more vulnerable prisoners with social visits.It is said that from June [...]
Women in Prison: Are plans for new cells really the answer?
Nikki2021-06-11T16:05:43+01:00Across the UK, around 12,000 women are imprisoned each year. Majority of the women who enter the prisons have come from a background of abuse, and around 80% of [...]
