Exclusive: Nottinghamshire Police are investigating after a coroner raised concerns about a string of suicides at HMP Lowdham Grange

The majority of people charged with homicide under the doctrine of Joint Enterprise, which allows people to be convicted over crimes committed by their associates, are under the age of 25. The find…

A Government minister has threatened to jail the parents of young offenders, in a drive to ensure stronger discipline in family homes. Jake Richards, the Youth Justice Minister, told The Times that…

Children in custody live in fear of being attacked and would be too scared to report bullying or victimisation, according to a survey carried out by inspectors. A review of the survey responses, pu…

The reports says some criminals are waiting up to five months to be fitted with an electronic tag.

The debate around the future of women’s prisons is intensifying. Calls for alternatives focus on support and rehabilitation rather than incarceration

Under-investment and mismanagement have left thousands of places unused, with crumbling buildings and staff shortages crippling the system

Under-investment and mismanagement have left thousands of places unused, with crumbling buildings and staff shortages crippling the system

FEELING unsafe is inevitable for many children in youth custody, research by HM Inspectorate of Prisons has revealed, as poor incarceration standards persist.The review analysed evidence from four young offender institutions (YOI) and one secure training centre in England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026, finding that outcomes remained unacceptable in most establishments.

PEPPER spray has been used disproportionately against black boys since the Ministry of Justice authorised its rollout to prisons holding children, data obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals.Figures show pelargonic acid vanillylamide (Pava) spray, classified as a prohibited weapon under the Firearms Act, was used against 33 children up to the end of March 2026.Of those, 18 were black and six were white.

The reforms to Parenting Orders could also see parents losing benefits, Jake Richards MP told the Times.

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A Howard League briefing for members of the House of Lords in preparation for the debate on the prison and probation service in England and Wales.

Exclusive: Over-tariff IPP prisoners have resorted to horrifying acts of self-harm, including Wayne Gregory, who has mutilated his own face, and Carl Lamb, who cut off his own ear, as Amy Clare-Martin reports

A publication providing revised estimates of children with a parent in prison for the annual period October 2023 to October 2024 for England and Wales.

The Howard League for Penal Reform has today (Friday 11 September) responded to Ofsted’s report of a monitoring visit to the Oasis Restore secure school for children and young people aged 12 to 18, which identified serious shortfalls relating to the use of physical restraint.

Ministers are weighing up the possibility of converting female spaces to male in the next few months as they look to cut the number of women behind bars