A woman died in a cell blaze at HMP Eastwood Park after concerns had been raised about ‘obsolete’ fire detectors at the jail.  Clare Dupree, 48, died in December 2022 after a fire which was ...

A prison tutor at HMP Erlestoke has been warned she faces jail after admitting she had a sexual relationship with an inmate. The 36-year-old woman pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court to two ...

A prisoner at Frankland high-security jail attacked a friend in the prison with a hammer in a bid get moved to the ...

Men from Standford Hill open prison, on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, have been clearing fly-tipped rubbish from local paths ...

Two prisoners used scrap metal to craft sculptures honouring the sniffer dogs which detect contraband in Scottish jails. The ...

An interim National Chair has been appointed for the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) after the last incumbent stood down ...

A scheme allowing men at Full Sutton high-security prison to study with Leeds Beckett University (LBU) has been recognised ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, a pamphlet written by a woman in prison in 1666 has gone viral on Facebook. Margaret Fell, co-founder of the Quakers, wrote ‘Women’s Speaking ...

A 61-year-old pharmacy technician who smuggled drugs and SIM cards into the prison where she worked has been jailed. The woman transported drugs including cocaine, wrapped in cling-film, into HMP ...

An Inquest in Norwich has resulted in the Coroner issuing a Prevention of Future Deaths Notice after a man was found dead on a train track, having deliberately taken his own life. The man, ...

A record 18 female prison officers were dismissed in 2025 for having illicit relationships with prisoners, according to the Ministry of Justice. The figure was disclosed to The Sun following a ...

A charity has been given a £300,000 grant to improve the food at Spring Hill open prison in Buckinghamshire, while teaching residents how to grow vegetables. Food Behind Bars said it would use the ...