Research suggests addressing prisoners’ underlying health can play a role in reducing reoffendingPoor coordination between health, justice department and service providers, with no single body in ...

The latest prison figures for England and Wales show nearly 40,000 offenders have been released early since September 2024, while recalls of inmates are at “historically high” levels and the rate of ...

In the early 1990s, while working at the Maudsley Hospital in London, clinical and forensic psychologist Susan Young began to notice a troubling trend. Young people diagnosed with conditions such as ...

We summarise new research that examines how the ban on new psychoactive substances affected drug availability and violence in prisons.

The drugs crisis in English and Welsh prisons has reached “endemic” levels, “fostering a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken”, said the House of Commons Justice Committee. The prison ...

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Drone deliveries of drugs and weapons into British prisons have become a national security threat, the country's chief prisons inspector warned on Tuesday, calling for ...

LONDON — The British government seized control of a squalid contractor-run prison on Monday where inspectors said officers were locking themselves away as protection from prisoners, raising questions ...

Senior midwives and researchers with experience in criminal and social justice are among those calling for improved maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons. In an article published by The ...