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Youngsters’ Lives Matter – How former gang member turned his life around and is giving back

“If I could go back now, I would tell myself to put the gun away. I thought it would earn

Battersea Uber Eats murderers sentenced to life

Two men who brutally murdered an Uber Eats driver in Battersea were given a life sentence in prison at the

‘Bold and decisive action’ needed as self-harm and assaults surge in male prisoners

The number of self-harm incidents and assaults amongst male prisoners reached a new record high last year. Self-harming amongst male

Theatre: Cardboard Citizens’ Rising looks at homelessness and changing outcomes

Homelessness and universal credit take centre stage in this play as audiences are encouraged to intervene and change the outcome

Something brewing: barista courses for young offenders at Aylesbury prison

Redemption Roasters is helping young offenders rehabilitate back in to society after leaving prison and hoping to reduce the high

Can education prove effective in rehabilitating prisoners?

Basit Mahmood talks to a campaigner, a former prisoner and prison governor about the importance of using books to turn

Mark Dixie handed two life sentences for attacks on women

Sally Anne Bowman’s murderer Mark Dixie was today sentenced to two life sentences for attacks on women in 1987 and

“We have law in this land. We don’t have justice.” Bereaved families search for answers over deaths in custody

The death of his uncle led Jamie Gardiner on a journey from Blackburn to central London. Alongside three relatives, he

‘Changing public perceptions’: Brixton prisoners serving time dishing up at Clink fundraising dinner

A Brixton restaurant with a twist has teamed up with London Hilton Hotel to host a fundraising dinner this week.

Prison guard jailed for smuggling drugs and contraband into HMP Wandsworth for firearms offender

A prison officer who smuggled hard drugs, mobile phones and wine into HMP Wandsworth was jailed today. Kwaku Boakye, 59, of

Murders, drugs and self-harm: Wandsworth HMP exposed by BBC amid government plans to close jail

An exposé has drawn national attention towards conditions at Wandsworth Prison following the prison reform proposals announced in Wednesday’s Queen’s

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