In our annual competition, readers were set the task of writing a short story of no more than 500 words. Entries were judged ...

Justice Secretary David Lammy has announced the launch of an independent review of the prison system to assess the long-term ...

The Prince of Wales has opted to no longer personally benefit from the £1.5 million in rent generated by Dartmoor Prison each ...

A 38-year-old woman who called herself “the best in the north west” at smuggling class A drugs into jail has been spared a ...

For this column, I’d like to touch on something we’re very proud of at the Howard League – our legal advice line for children and young adults aged 21 and under.  We’ve been providing this service ...

A report from the Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) has called on the Government to reverse its 25 per cent cut in prison ...

Serious mental health and safeguarding failings have been revealed at HMP Isle of Wight following the death of prisoner Norman Loseby.  Mr Loseby, 54, was serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence ...

Two men’s prisons in England have called in specialist teams to tackle infestations of bed bugs in cells. At HMP Holme House ...

Five South Asian rappers you need to know Rap was born from people refusing to be silenced. Emerging from the South Bronx ...

The day my life changed I play it over in my head. If I’d have just stayed at home, then he would not be dead. The day my ...

The door hits the frame with a heavy-metal ‘thud’, I’m mapping out the maples and the smell of summer mud. I’m building up a ...

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has recently referred another ‘Imprisonment for Public Protection’ (IPP) case to ...