Female self-harm rates in prison hits record high over pandemic
The rate of self-harm per thousand women in prison has hit the highest it has been on record. In the
Drawing my way out of prison: an artist’s postcard diary of life inside
Erika Flowers arrived at HMP Holloway in 2014. As the Serco van approached the prison gates she began her six-year
IPP prisoner population at near-standstill for first time in five years
The number of those serving controversial indeterminate sentences for public protection has plateaued due to a sharp rise in recalls
Assaults on prison staff at second highest in a decade
Assaults on prison staff in England and Wales are at their second-highest in the last ten years, according to the
Social justice top priority for Croydon North’s Lib Dem General Election candidate
Claire Bonham (left) with Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson (right)
On the pulse: Should prisoners be entitled to conjugal visits
Prisoners’ rights have been the centre of controversy for many years, with last month’s announcement they were to be allowed
HMP Wandsworth criticised for ‘desperate’ state of prisoners as suicides behind bars rise dramatically
Three prisoners committed suicide in HMP Wandsworth last year as fears grow about the upward trend of self-harm in prisons
MoJ apologises for ‘misleading’ parliament over prison crowding – Wandsworth HMP already branded ‘in crisis’
A Minister of Justice spokesman apologised today for ‘unacceptable’ misleading figures under-representing the extent of overcrowding in prisons, months after
Overcrowding crisis: Wandsworth prison ‘caging men in squalor’ in cells meant for one, charity reveals
Wandsworth prisoners are being forced to share single cells as the scale of the overcrowding crisis was revealed today by
Prison union joins chorus of condemnation over Brixton HMP’s ‘unsafe, ineffective and inhuman’ conditions
A prison union has denounced Brixton prison conditions, criticising the ‘powder keg’ caused by over-crowding, under-staffing, and low officer morale.