Prisons archive

‘Unacceptably inadequate’ detention centre contributed to the death of migrant

• Claudia Eco
• 21 Oct
• Immigration, News, Prisons

‘Inhumanity’ of immigration detention at Yarl’s Wood revealed in new monitoring report

• Samantha Dulieu
• 19 Oct
• Immigration, Prisons

Prison staff had no ‘meaningful interaction’ with vulnerable prisoner

• Claudia Eco
• 16 Oct
• News, Prisons

Every four days someone takes their own life in a UK prison

• Rona Epstein
• 11 Oct
• Prisons

Manchester prison latest to be put in special measures due to ‘catastrophic’ drug problems and ‘squalid’ conditions

• Samantha Dulieu
• 11 Oct
• News, Prisons

Inquest finds ‘serious failings’ contributed to HMP Foston Hall death

• Claudia Eco
• 7 Oct
• News, Prisons

Police watchdog initiates misconduct proceedings over handling of David Carrick case

• Bradley Young
• 2 Oct
• News, Prisons

Two-thirds of children in YOIs report being segregated, says prison watchdog

• Jennifer Zhou
• 1 Oct
• News, Prisons

‘Worse than Covid’: Prisoners still facing 22-hour lockdowns

• Bradley Young
• 1 Oct
• News, Prisons

Brixton prison ‘fundamentally failing’ as inspection reveals overcrowding and drug abuse

• Samantha Dulieu
• 24 Sep
• News, Prisons

Inspection of prison with the highest drug use in the country finds ‘critical threat’ posed by ‘near tsunami of illegal drugs’

• Samantha Dulieu
• 18 Sep
• Prisons

‘Brutalising conditions’ across the prison estate revealed in the wake of capacity crisis

• Charles Westwood
• 11 Sep
• Crime, Human rights, Prisons

Government plans risk swapping the prison crisis for a homelessness crisis

• Charles Westwood
• 9 Sep
• Crime, Housing, Human rights, Prisons

Record-high levels of self-harm in women’s prisons highlight mental health crisis

• Isabella Perez
• 30 Jul
• Crime, Human rights, Prisons, Women

Righteous anger at climate policy doesn’t give you a free pass

• Nicholas Reed Langen
• 24 Jul
• COMMENT, Prisons