Belmarsh inmates invited to advise governor on improving prison’s ‘sense of community’
Ian Acheson, an ex-governor and former government adviser on extremism, said: “It’s difficult to argue with any initiative that aims to improve life in a prison. However,…
How to scavenge for food and survive on the streets – a government guide for newly released prisoners
Nick Hardwick, former chief inspector of prisons, said the advice was mistaken: “A prisoner leaving prison homeless is a failure, and providing advice about what someone should…
Prisoners to become apprentices for first time under Dominic Raab’s rehabilitation plans
Prisoners are to be employed as apprentices for the first time under plans by Dominic Raab to boost rehabilitation and slash reoffending rates. The Justice Secretary is…
Uyghurs reveal what it’s like in a Chinese prison
Haitiwaji takes us with her as she tries to make sense of what is happening to her, month after month. She finds parts of her past slipping…
Insomnia, panic attacks and death by drone – inside the ‘dirty work’ powering America
Early on, Press decided not to go undercover. Recently, there has been a spate of books in which writers have embedded themselves in unlovely areas of society….
Prisoner had stillborn baby in jail lavatory after nurse failed to visit three times, probe finds
A nurse at a women’s jail failed to visit an inmate three times before the prisoner gave birth to a stillborn baby in the lavatory, an investigation…
Screw, review: Porridge played straight in new likeable prison drama
Viewers of last year’s BBC prison drama, Time, will have come away with the impression that life behind bars is hideous. Channel 4’s Screw takes a different…
Why does the Left think abolishing prisons will create a crime-free utopia?
Imagine if each episode of Porridge – Ronnie Barker’s sitcom about life in prison – had begun as follows: “Norman Stanley Fletcher, you have pleaded guilty to…