PAS TO HOST EXPERT PANEL DISCUSSION ON ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY ACROSS FEMALE PRISON ESTATE
We are delighted to announce our next Panel Discussion, which will take as its focus the…
BETTER EARLY DAYS SUPPORT REQUIRED TO COMBAT SELF-INFLICTED DEATHS IN RECEPTION PRISONS
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has published a new bulletin examining the high rates of…
NEW REPORT FINDS CATEGORY A REVIEWS ‘OPAQUE’ AND ‘INCONSISTENT’
The Prison Reform Trust have now published a report detailing the experiences of prisoners with…
ATTEMPTS TO STOP PRISON DRONE DRUG DELIVERIES HAMPERED BY CRUMBLING VICTORIAN WALLS
The Guardian has reported that weak and crumbling walls in Victorian prisons are hampering attempts…
NEW PRISON DATA SHOWS INCREASE IN HOMICIDES AND SERIOUS ASSAULTS
New statistics by the Ministry of Justice reveal a welcome reduction in the overall, recent…
NEW RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF TOUCH DEPRIVATION UPON PRISONERS
New research explores how touch is experienced, interpreted, and endured in custody, with many prisoners…
COURT OF APPEAL OVERTURNS SIX IPP SENTENCES – WITH 150 FURTHER CASES TO BE REVIEWED
The Court of Appeal has recently quashed the Imprisonment / Detention* for Public Protection sentences of six prisoners…
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ELECTRONICALLY TAGGED RISES 2% TO 28,687
New figures by the Ministry of Justice show that the number of individuals assigned with…
GOVERNMENT PLANS ‘DIGITAL OVERHAUL’ OF PRISON SYSTEM TO COMBAT MISTAKEN RELEASES
The Government has announced an £82 million package to ‘digitalise the archaic paper-based prison system’,…
PRISONERS AWARDED £428,000 IN COMPENSATION FOLLOWING STAFF ASSAULTS
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that the Prison Service has paid out £428,000…
NEW REPORT FINDS TOO FEW PRISONERS BENEFIT FROM EXERCISE AND SPORT
A new report published by HM Inspectorate of Prisons has found that those in custody…
INSPECTORS WARN THAT THE CARE OF ACUTELY MENTALLY UNWELL PRISONERS IS WORSENING
Inspectors have warned that the care of acutely mentally unwell prisoners is generally becoming worse…