The Latest Breaking News from Prison Service

The Guardian view on probation: overcrowded prisons need an outlet

Editorial: To win support for early releases, the government will have to show that community supervision works

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13

The truth about UK prisons and organised crime: ‘They’re your good lads. Respectful. Keep their noses clean’

In more than two decades in the Prison Service, Pia Sinha gained a reputation as a fixer. Now, as head of the Prison Reform Trust, she’s sounding the alarm about overcrowding and other problems

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

PM urged not to change scheme to stop PC Andrew Harper killers’ early release

Manslaughter exemption would mean more releases would be needed within 18 months, Prison Service officials say

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10

‘Little progress’ in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says

Chief inspector for England and Wales says prison remains in ‘precarious state’ more than year after urgent notification

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13

Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8

Corrupt prison guard and gang jailed over smuggling operation

The officer has been jailed for four and a half years after helping smuggle drugs, phones and USB sticks into a London jail

Evening Standard · Apr 2

London’s Burning actor John Alford dies in prison aged 54

Alford, who also appeared in Grange Hill, was jailed for eight and a half years in January for sexually assaulting two girls

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14

The UK scandal of women handcuffed while in labour: ‘I was so shocked when the restraints weren’t removed’

Pregnant women prisoners in England are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4

Sex offender takes his own life in London prison after believing staff were trying to kill him

Peter Magloire, 65, suffered from paranoia and poor mental health before his death

Evening Standard · Mar 3

Death on the inside: as a prison officer, I saw how the system perpetuates violence

The long read: A rise of murders is traumatising inmates and staff, and making life harder for staff. But even in prison, violence isn’t inevitable

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13