MP Liverpool has recorded the highest level of positive drug tests of any reception prison, according to an inspection report ...

Sodexo-run HMP Addiewell has the highest number of self-harm cases and prisoner assaults in Scotland. Figures released to the ...

A study by the University of Sussex has concluded that the outlawing of ‘legal highs’ has caused an increase in incidents of violence, self-harm, and suicide in prisons. Researchers say that ...

Charity chiefs and criminal justice experts have submitted a joint open letter to Justice Secretary David Lammy calling for ...

An officer at HMP Parc is under investigation after he was allegedly overheard by a nurse threatening to “smother” a prisoner ...

Crumbling buildings and staff shortages are having a “profound impact” on the ability of prisons to deliver rehabilitation, ...

Prisoners and staff at HMP Stafford commemorated Remembrance Sunday in front of a replica Cenotaph they made themselves. The ...

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) failed to spot that a man who it employed as a prison officer had a criminal record for ...

Sally Jameson, a former prison officer who became a Labour MP at last year’s general election, has pointed the finger of blame for today’s prison chaos at the previous Conservative Government.  Ms ...

Eating from blue plastic crockery (pictured) is as much a part of the prison experience as wearing grey tracksuits and ...

A prison officer who formed relationships with two prisoners at HMP Coldingley and had sex with one of them in the prison’s ...

New visa rules could force 2,600 prison staff to leave their jobs at jails in England and Wales and return to their homelands ...