Frustration as prisoners’ time out of cell at HMP Belmarsh cut due to staff shortages Holly Bird 31 May Prisons
Independent review calls for Young Offenders Institutes to be phased out within 10 years Samantha Dulieu 24 May Prisons
Violence at HMYOI Werrington ‘higher than any other establishment in England and Wales’ Holly Bird 23 May Prisons
MPs call for 10 year investment for ‘clunky, chaotic’ prison education Nina Pulimood 19 May News, Prisons
Number of Crown Court cases waiting longer than year up by 340% since 2020 Jon Robins 17 May Courts, Prisons
Half of mentally unwell prisoners assessed as needing hospital treatment refused a transfer last year Jon Robins 12 May Prisons
Two-thirds of women prisoners in ‘various kinds of homelessness’ on release Zaki Sarraf 11 May Prisons, Women
Governments are routinely ‘over-policing, over-prosecuting and over-punishing’, says justice watchdog Samantha Dulieu 10 May Prisons
Three-quarters of children on remand last year did not go on to receive a custodial sentence Jon Robins 6 May Children, Prisons
Month on month increase in violence at HMP Exeter despite ‘urgent notification’ issued four years ago Jon Robins 4 May Prisons
Number of children in custody expected to more than double by 2024 Elena Colato 29 Apr Children, Prisons
MPs call on ministers to stop plan to build 500 prison places and fund women’s centres Jon Robins 28 Apr Prisons, Women
