OLD AGE… PRISONERS
Annelise2021-01-09T11:48:08+00:00The increase in ageing inmates...The number of prisoners over the age of 50 has almost tripled from statistics of 4,824 in 2002, to reaching records of up to 13,617 in 2019.Numbers [...]
IPP SENTENCES – The lockdown with no end
Annelise2020-11-08T11:58:46+00:00Many of us have suffered with the lockdown. Being kept away from loved ones, and told to stay home, with no idea of when it would end. Some suffering [...]
Let’s talk about… HMP Isis
Annelise2021-02-27T11:39:57+00:00HMP Isis is located in Greenwich, London, within the walls of HMP Belmarsh. It is a category C training prison which holds sentenced young adults and young offenders under [...]
Food Behind Bars
Annelise2020-03-17T22:24:20+00:00Who are they? Food Behind Bars was launched by ex-journalist Lucy Vincent in 2016 as the UK’s national campaign to improve prison food. We believe that food has the [...]
Coronavirus hits UK Prison!
Annelise2020-02-12T14:54:13+00:00In the headlines this morning (12th February 2020) information has been released from HMP Bullingdon, in Oxfordshire, stating that one inmate has been quarantined and is undergoing testing for [...]
UK PRISONS – The drug problem
Annelise2020-01-21T10:51:53+00:00Since the start of 2020, new survey data has emerged showing that the proportion of UK prisons with a drug problem have more than doubled in the last 5 [...]
