Prisoners in England are 41 to 67 times more likely to experience avoidable harms as a result of poor health care than the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UK prisoners are up to 67 times more likely to experience harm whilst receiving healthcare, which could have been avoided if sufficient practices ...

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 ...

"If you want to kill someone in prison, it's not difficult," a prisoner messages me from his cell. He's been convicted of serious violence and is serving a lengthy sentence inside one of England's ...

Hadush Kebatu, from Ethiopia, was awaiting deportation after his sentencing, but a comedy of errors led to his release from Chelmsford prison. Mr Kebatu was meant to remain in custody, but instead was ...

The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review has proposed the most significant reform of sentencing and punishment in England and Wales since the 1990s. The review, chaired by former ...