Prisons across England and Wales are at their highest capacity in months, with just 961 available cells, according to new government statistics. ContentsWhat Do the Figures Show?Could Another ...
The latest prison figures for England and Wales show nearly 40,000 offenders have been released early since September 2024, while recalls of inmates are at “historically high” levels and the rate of ...
The drugs crisis in English and Welsh prisons has reached “endemic” levels, “fostering a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken”, said the House of Commons Justice Committee. The prison ...
HMP Wandsworth labelled ‘inhumane’ after being found to be most overcrowded prison in UK - The chaos at the south-west London ...
The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review has proposed the most significant reform of sentencing and punishment in England and Wales since the 1990s. The review, chaired by former ...
Hadush Kebatu, from Ethiopia, was awaiting deportation after his sentencing, but a comedy of errors led to his release from Chelmsford prison. Mr Kebatu was meant to remain in custody, but instead was ...
Elderly men sentenced to life in prison reflect on the reality of ‘hope’ and growing old behind bars
We were standing by a large white board in one of the prison’s educational areas, debriefing how our study on hope had gone when the man slipped into the room without a sound. Like the other ...
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