Foreign nationals recruited to work as prison officers in England and Wales will be allowed to keep their jobs after the ...

It is New Year’s Eve at the North Pole. As the wind whistles through his long white beard, an old man walks along a long, straight, road. In one hand he carries a long handled scythe, in the other ...

A high-security prison which suffers from “dangerous levels of violence” and creates “sense of despair” has been placed under emergency measures by a watchdog. HMP Swaleside in Kent was described ...

The Clink Charity, which trains prisoners to work in catering and hospitality after release, has won a competitive tendering process and retained its restaurant at HMP Brixton for a further five ...

Prison Officer Charlie, 38, has achieved a remarkable triple victory at the recent HM Prison and Probation Service Dog Trial ...

Barlinnie prison in Glasgow has been granted Category A listed status by Historic Environment Scotland, meaning its structure ...

It was Christmas Eve in the jailhouse, The excitement that hung in the air, But not for the thought of the presents, Or the perfectly cooked Christmas fayre. It wasn’t the thrill of the snowfall, ...

Four more female prison staff have appeared in court in separate cases, charged with misconduct over allegations that they ...

A 17-year-old girl was hired by the Ministry of Justice to work as a prison officer at HMP Erlestoke – despite a rule saying ...

Failures by staff might have contributed to the death of a vulnerable prisoner who took his own life on his first night at ...

The Government’s decision to authorise the use of PAVA spray in prisons holding children has been challenged in the High ...

Sara Snell, Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland, has published a damning report on conditions experienced by those on ...