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 ...

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 ...

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

Illicit drug use in prisons across England and Wales is causing widespread and growing harm, with knock-on effects for safety, rehabilitation, and NHS costs, a new watchdog report has warned. Around ...

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 ...