A would-be drug smuggler was caught after prison security staff noticed he had arrived for a social visit wearing two pairs ...

Akhtar Uddin, a 35-year-old builder from London, was found dead at HMP Wandsworth on Christmas Day 2021. An inquest jury ...

Aaron Rowley died in hospital from brain damage on 25 February 2026. Three days earlier he had been found hanging from a fence at the house in which he was staying. A report by Adrian Usher, the ...

The Sentencing Act 2026 introduced new additional licence conditions for probation to consider adding to licences. Additional licence conditions are conditions that can be added to your licence in ...

One of the biggest barriers facing people leaving prison is not a lack of talent or motivation. More often, it is perception.

Most prisoners will be affected by new release arrangements which start this month The Government’s latest automatic release scheme is the most significant change to prison release arrangements ...

Stuck inside this prison, With four weeks left to go, Where do I go from here? I don’t really know. I’m going to resettlement ...

The walls around you may be high, But they can’t stop the love nearby. No locked-up door, no steel, no key, Could ever take ...

We had a lovely summer but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. The successive heatwaves of 2026 have caused ...

Drink and Drugs News (DDN) is the monthly magazine for those working with drug and alcohol clients, including in prisons. In ...

The Conservative party has pledged to build 50,000 new prison places if it wins the next election and says the bulk of the ...

BAFTA-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern has said that going into young offender institutions (YOIs) to research his new TV ...