Prisons archive

Inquest finds ‘missed opportunities’ to prevent death at HMP Eastwood Park

• Wanjiru Gathuru
• 20 Mar
• News, Prisons

Government urged to take ‘whole system approach’ to reduce numbers of women in prison

• Cerys Isaac
• 18 Mar
• Crime, News, Prisons

Prison visits down by 25% since Covid

• Jon Robins
• 17 Mar
• News, Prisons

Concerns raised over women prisoners handcuffed for childbirth

• Fay Sansum-Wall
• 6 Mar
• News, Prisons

Family describe ‘never ending’ fight for justice following Edinburgh prison death

• Pari Magecha
• 5 Mar
• News, Prisons

‘Toxic’ system failing to provide enough education in youth prisons

• Simran Gill
• 4 Mar
• News, Prisons

Record prison deaths reported amid endemic drug crisis

• Amaris Lambert
• 19 Feb
• News, Prisons

Drugs and drone incursions worsening safety at HMP Olney

• Clarice Jenner
• 18 Feb
• News, Prisons

‘Chronic underfunding’ causing ‘disappointing’ conditions in Magistrate Court custody

• Molly Tripe
• 17 Feb
• Courts, News, Prisons

HMP Parc still failing on violence and self-harm

• Matthew Taylor
• 17 Feb
• News, Prisons

Systemic prison failures led to fifth death at HMP Lowdham Grange

• Jack Horwood
• 9 Feb
• News, Prisons

72% of prisons overcrowded with ‘runaway sentence inflation’ behind overburdened jails

• Emma Sansum-Wall
• 9 Feb
• News, Prisons

Inquest finds ‘serious failings’ at HMP Pentonville led to suicide

• Cerys Isaac
• 6 Feb
• News, Prisons

Government sets out plans for ‘supermax-style’ prison units

• Fay Sansum-Wall
• 5 Feb
• News, Prisons

Staffing failures exacerbating ‘inadequate’ regime at Whitemoor prison

• Anjola Fadugba
• 4 Feb
• News, Prisons