The latest (19 November 2024) horizon scanning report from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) reflects ...

S urvey respondents were asked how much they know about prisons. Almost three quarters said their knowledge of prisons was ...

The department’s total operating expenditure for the financial year 2023/24 was £13.6 billion, a jump from the £11.8 billion ...

Inspectorate says that children in custody are being failed by having to live in establishments dominated by violence, ...

Inspectorate says that children in custody are being failed by having to live in establishments dominated by violence, disorder and lack of education. Today’s inspection of HMP Garth, a high security ...

Dr Stephanie Wallace guest posts on making better use of non-custodial sentences using the Sentence Severity Scale.

Amongst the most challenging problems faced by the women Hibiscus supports is the difficulty in accessing safe, secure housing that meets their needs and those of their children. Through conversations ...

Last week (23 October 2024), the Office for National Statistics published the annual drug-deaths statistics. These are officially called Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2023 ...

Today’s inspection of HMP Garth, a high security prison in Lancashire, makes clear the ever-increasing threat that drones pose to prison security. As police officers now, much of law enforcement in ...