On VP (Vulnerable Prisoner) wings in prisons across the country, there are prisoners who have committed crimes against girls ...

I seek clarity via your excellent newspaper. I have read with interest various articles in relation to being allowed books ...

Foreign national prisoners in Scotland face a complex and often unclear legal situation. While deportation powers are ...

I’m stuck in a time-loop, pen on the pad, While the world’s gone digital, crazy, and mad. I’m dreaming in 4G, but living in ...

A man has been convicted of the 2003 rape for which innocent man Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in jail.  On 17 April a ...

The Howard League for Penal Reform has announced the appointment of Dame Anne Owers as its new Chair.  Dame ...

A trans woman held on the women’s wing of a Scottish prison has reportedly been charged with sexually assaulting another prisoner. The Scottish Sun reported on 23 April that the biologically-male ...

A 16-year-old boy was found unconscious in his cell at HMP/YOI Feltham A on 20 April, and later died in hospital – with his girlfriend reportedly claiming that he appeared to have suffered ...

MPs on the all-party Justice Select Committee held the first hearing of an investigation into care and welfare within the ...

A training scheme called HMP Academies launched three years ago by the Ministry of Justice has been abandoned after it was ...

Normally, everyone wants to be in the top 10 list for their chosen subject. If you are a sporting person, you want to be top ...

Millions of voters will go to the polls on 7 May, but one candidate will not be knocking on any doors to canvass for votes – ...