Sure, this might well be a PR exercise for the rapper after being jailed in 2022 for his part in a mass brawl. But it’s also a vital indictment of the appalling probation system

Pregnant women prisoners in England are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?

Editorial: The increased use of tags makes sense if done right. But years of accumulated problems include a depleted probation workforce

Letter: A former prisoner says that unless the government offers meaningful housing and employment help to those leaving prison, they will end up back there

Letter: Former prison governor John Podmore on the risk posed by those who have little stake in life in and outside jail

Bronson has been locked up for half a century - but a parole review will now decide if he should be freed from prison. It could also recommend a move to an open prison, or delay things and hold an or...

MPs criticise 10-year deal struck in ‘blind panic’ to rent Dartmoor prison, where high levels of radon had been detected

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of presidential candidates who have stood trial.

An inquest has found a Cheshire prison guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles

Can the businessman deliver radical reform for Britain’s failing prisons and probation service?

Letter: Former prison governor John Podmore says real opportunities for change need to be created for those incarcerated or Labour’s prison reform will just be a sticking plaster

In response to the serious risk of harm to children, Ofsted, CQC and HMI Prisons have issued an urgent notification about Oakhill STC to the Secretary of State for Justice, Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP.

Louise Lancaster reflects on the unique challenges faced by neurodivergent inmates, raising concerns for those left behind

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor has served an urgent notification on HMP Pentonville after an inspection found many inmates have been kept in prison after they should have been freed

The Justice and Home Affairs Committee today publishes its report Better prisons: less crime. The report examines the purpose, leadership, and oversight of prisons in England and Wales, as well as loo...

It feels like every other week a woman is in court for an affair with a convict, but behind every headline is a campaign of manipulation

The UK’s newest prison has brought back separate houseblocks for Vulnerable Prisoners after a sex offender was murdered on a mixed wing. Former governor John Podmore says prisons are only safe when…

The prison squad also deals with young offender institutions and immigration removal centres.

New guidance will damage the quality of government and public discourse.

One Frank Award scholar reflected on how education has changed him, as he graduated with an MSc at a ceremony held in prison.