Higher-security jails are testing a new apprenticeship model after a scheme run in open prisons failed, FE Week can reveal ...

But the government has confirmed to the BBC a rule change that means Raja's eligibility to serve the rest of his sentence in open prison kicks in this year, rather than 2029 as his victim once thought ...

A prison spent almost £8,000 on a fish tank for the reception while conditions for inmates were ‘squalid’. The tank was ...

Angela Constance, the party’s justice secretary, blamed inflation for the massive price rise amid accusations of ‘financial incompetence’ ...

Most recently the place has been designated Category C, a training and resettlement establishment only one step away from an open prison. Now, the once-notorious Dartmoor stands empty. And unless ...

Conditions in UK prisons have "drastically deteriorated" after the previous Tory government decided to privatise all maintenance work, according to a new report. The Prison Officers Association (POA) ...

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Conditions in UK prisons have "drastically deteriorated" after the previous Tory government decided to privatise all maintenance work, according to a new report. The Prison Officers Association ...