Exclusive: Ten category C prisons in England and Wales asked to add second beds, in breach of safe occupancy limits

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HMP Lancaster Farms capacity boosted by more than 40 per cent as part of largest prison expansion programme since the Victorian era

Letters: It would be better for the government to focus on rehabilitative programmes, rather than turning laundry rooms into extra cells, writes Jon Collins. Plus letters from Margaret Carey, Simon Ha...

Former prison governor Judith Feline on the reality of our overcrowded prisons and Peter Walker on why it’s causing a headache for Andy Burnham

Letters: Prof Ian Pickup on prison education, Henry Rossi on resentencing IPP prisoners, Andrew RC McLellan on earlier release and Dr Rod Earle on a lesson from 1930s Red Vienna

James Timpson acknowledges standards are still inconsistent but insists a corner has been turned

Report by HM inspector of prisons for England and Wales comes as spending on frontline education falls by up to 50% “Brutal” cuts to prison education and training by Labour ministers are leading to an increase in drug use, self-harm and violence, a watchdog’s withering final annual report has said. Charlie Taylor, who steps down as HM inspector of prisons for England and Wales in the autumn after six years, has also warned the authorities must keep a “close eye” on the impending release of thousands of prisoners later this year. Continue reading...

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Following his completion of the LLC’s Preparation for Higher Education (PHE) course, Dalton went on to gain undergraduate and postgraduate…

Population pressures, staffing challenges and overcrowding have undermined staff and prisoner safety and the effectiveness of rehabilitation across the prison estate in England and Wales, the Welsh Af...

The head of the Prison Service in England and Wales has told MPs that offering prisoners more activities and more time out of their cells will help to tackle the problem of drugs in jails. James Mc…

‘I don’t think anyone has woken up and said it’s my dream to be the district manager of a Wetherspoons in Woking’

On a stroll around Styal jail in Cheshire, the prisons minister discusses jobs for ex-offenders, support for women inmates and why he has no political ambitions

The training provider has retained eight prisons in the region following a tender re-run

The British Philosophical Association is delighted to celebrate the inaugural recipients of our new BPA Prizes. These awards were established to recognise and promote the outstanding breadth, depth, a...

Women in prison will bear the brunt of cuts in education provision, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice. Data covering 94 prisons in England and Wales show that the number of teaching…

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Leeds Beckett University receives Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education for pioneering prison learning partnership