THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGING RISING TEMPERATURES IN PRISONS
In response to the recent, record-breaking temperatures, Inspectors have raised increasing concerns over an ‘outdated’…
PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES TO END INDEFINITE JAIL TERMS
Campaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as…
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRISONS URGES WEST MIDLANDS POLICE NOT TO SEND MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE TO PRISON
The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, has called upon West Midlands Police to stop…
TASERS ULTIMATELY NEVER FIRED DURING FIRST NINE MONTHS OF PRISON TRIAL
Tasers were deployed five times but were never fired during the first nine months of…
IMB RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER THE IMPACT OF HEATWAVES IN PRISON
The Interim Chair of the Independent Monitoring Board recently wrote to HMPPS to raise serious…
REPORT MAKES KEY RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF POST-RELEASE DEATHS
A new report from Nacro recommends that much more be done to reduce the risk…
EXPERTS DEMAND U-TURN ON NEW GUIDELINES WHICH EXCLUDE PRISONERS FROM RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
On Wednesday 1st July, some 45 Restorative Justice organisations submitted a letter to Lord Timpson, Minister…
UN EXPERTS RENEW URGENT CALLS FOR THE RE-SENTENCING OF IPP PRISONERS
UN experts have renewed their calls for the re-sentencing of around 2,400 IPP* prisoners in…
PAS PUBLISHES NEW EARLY RELEASE INFO SHEET IN LIGHT OF UPCOMING CHANGES
PAS has now published an ‘Early Releases’ Info Sheet, which aims to explain the changes…
PRISON AND PROBATION OMBUDSMAN CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT BODY TO SCRUTINISE PRISON STAFF CONDUCT
Adrian Usher, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), has called for the creation of an…
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF PRISON SYSTEM
On 1st July, the government announced the launch of an independent review of the prison…
NEW PUNISHMENTS CURTAILING PRISONERS’ PRIVILEGES AND SOCIAL VISITS ‘A CONCERNING SURPRISE’
The introduction of enhanced powers to punish misbehaviour in prison has been labelled ‘a concerning…