‘Virtually no opportunity’ for prisoners to qualify for release at Leyhill, prison inspectors report Noah Robinson 13 Apr Prisons
UK prison population third highest in Europe and suicide rate twice the average Noah Robinson 13 Apr Prisons
More than three-quarters of prisoners spent less than an hour a day out of cells post-lockdown, says report Zoe Darling 12 Apr Coronavirus, Prisons
MPs ‘shocked and appalled’ at conditions at privately-run detention centre Noah Robinson 30 Mar Prisons
Ministry of Justice ‘besieged on all sides’ and without a grip on court backlog, say MPs Simran Kaur Ghotra 25 Mar Courts, Prisons
Campaigners call for cut in ‘destructive’ short-term sentences for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller women Noah Robinson 18 Mar Prisons, Race
One in three on remand held for longer than legal limit Zaki Sarraf 18 Mar Miscarriages of Justice, Prisons
HMYOI Wetherby: ‘lack of will’ by MoJ causing ‘unnecessary anguish’ Noah Robinson 4 Mar Prisons, Young people
Calls for mass prisoners’ vaccination rejected despite JCVI recommendation Noah Robinson 4 Mar Coronavirus, Prisons
Parliamentary Inquiry into women in prison launched as self-harm rises Lucy Waterstone 3 Mar Prisons, Women
MPs call for ministers to open UK’s first ‘secure school’ by 2022 Douglas Ferreira 15 Feb Prisons, Young people
