A programme intended to increase the employability of prisoners in England and Wales had no effect on their reoffending rate ...

HMP Wandsworth staff “underestimated” the risk a prisoner posed to himself before he took his own life, a prison watchdog has found. Ross Springham, 29, died in hospital on March 20, 2021. A ...

The Ministry of Justice has announced that it is “pausing” controversial plans to build 500 additional prison places for ...

A criminal investigation is still underway into a mystery poisoning incident at Lewes prison which put six people in hospital. Fifteen prisoners and staff fell ill after an Easter service in the ...

Can Inside Time tell me what I’m entitled to regarding a hot drink here at Wealstun? The officers here are trying to tell me that if I want to kettle then I have to buy one from Canteen for ...

I recently saw in Inside Time the head of the Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) receiving an award (Information section, December 2023). And he claims that PET are doing a fantastic job of helping ...

I am old fashioned. I far prefer reading printed newspapers to online versions, and holding a real book rather than looking at novels on my smartphone. I also find attending meetings in person ...

I am an IPP prisoner and this year I’ve served 14 years in prison. I’ve been in since 2010, my tariff ended in 2017, and I am still stuck in prison. I have been in prison since I was ...

Can you please tell us if it is legal to place a prisoner on a Basic wing with Basic regime and losses, or to be put on 28 days Basic, if a) his adjudication has been dismissed, or b) before the ...

I have to say, the education system running here at HMP Foston Hall is a shambles. Overrun by numbers and workloads they cannot facilitate. There’s no consistency with teachers, and poor ...

I’d been knocked back at numerous paroles. One night I felt very distressed in my cell and I had a dream about my mother telling me to look under my bed. When I woke up I found the Inside Time, ...

In a report last month on ‘Improving Behaviour In Prisons’, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) highlighted eight jails which ...