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 [...]
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 – [...]
Violence in prisons has hit a record high, according to figures released by the Ministry of Justice. 26,643 assaults took place in 12 months to the end of March, 2017 [...]
An extremist has been caught with a mobile phone which he was allegedly using to radicalise inmates. RajIb Khan has been accused of showing other inmates videos of beheadings in [...]
Inmates at a Staffordshire prison are living in “squalid” conditions, according to a new report. The assessment of HM Prison Swinfen Hall is the latest in a series of damning [...]
A Labour peer’s alleged comment that inmates should be allowed mobile phones in jail has sparked outrage. Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti reportedly questioned the need to prevent prisoners from [...]
