Nick Stace steps up as chair of the Prison Reform Trust with immediate effect as James Timpson is appointed government minister.

Speaking at an event at the Old Bailey, Sir John Major sets out his case for penal reform

In the Queen's Speech she announced the government's plans to introduce longer prison sentences.

Pia Sinha, prison reformer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.

‘Tough rhetoric is no substitute for understanding the evidence,’ experts warn prime minister 

The Clink Cafe will help former prisoners and homeless people to gain qualifications, skills and employment

HMP Parc’s gardening scheme is improving prisoners’ lives – and has won an award from the Royal Horticultural Society

Jimmy McGovern’s Time exposes the deep flaws in a system built on punishment and vote-grabbing, not rehabilitation, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Inspection report shows how HMP Altcourse bosses are turning things around - with some help from four-legged friends

Family video calls will be introduced at prisons and young offender institutions across England and Wales.

A justice minister has admitted there is little evidence that longer sentences help to cut crime, despite his own department introducing laws yesterday to increase jail terms.Chris Philp, the...

The plan for reducing deaths from suicide in England has a focus on how social media and the latest technology can identify those most at risk.

Those who have made mistakes but have since turned their lives around should be given the chance to contribute

A grant of £20,000 secured by charity Nepacs will help young people visiting relatives inside HMP Northumberland

The UN rapporteur for torture has told this programme that Indeterminate prison terms, or IPP Sentences, which were handed down by UK judges up until 11 years ago are an "egregious miscarriage of...

Pregnant women in custody who do not pose a high risk of harm to the public will be temporarily released from prison.

More women are getting short prison sentences, but a magistrates organisation says they need support.

Prisoners from open jails are being let out to work in restaurants like McDonalds, but is that really such a scandal?

Prisoners will receive on-the-job training in fine dining and food preparation, and cook meals for 80,000 inmates a day

Influential cross-sector coalition join forces to call for reforms to address injustice of the IPP sentence ahead of House of Lords debate.

As the BBC drama Time explores how brief jail terms can affect lives, one former inmate tells her story.

HMP Liverpool governor Pia Sinha spoke to the ECHO about how the jail is responding to its damning 2017 inspection report

Join us and a panel of expert speakers as we discuss how moments of political crisis and scandal shape our criminal justice system

One offender says serving time outside prison has helped turn his life around.

Emily Dewar-Langridge teaches young offenders at Feltham prison, and has won an award for the difference she’s made to students. Here, she explains her role

Whether it's the garden centre or cafe, a prison is giving inmates their self-belief back.

Less than 0.1% of prisoners released on temporary licence went on to re-offend

Exclusive: Lord David Blunkett called for Alex Chalk to ‘give hope’ to prisoners trapped on IPP sentences as the shocking death toll was revealed

A 'significant kickback' could result if offenders are still required to spend up to 23 hours a day in their cells the country opens up

Plans to scrap jail sentences under six months are to go ahead within weeks, David Gauke, the Justice Secretary has pledged.

The inmates were allowed out on temporary licence for the popular two-day event

Buckley Hall prison in Rochdale has been praised by inspectors for halving violence in the last 12 months, and efforts to rehabilitate prisoners were also praised

Toni was 11 when her mum first when to prison, she's now 21 and speaks about her experiences.

For the first time, the expense of accommodating a convict for one year has topped £50,000, with the total annual bill now £4bn

Prison officers say taking their pets to work helps inmates, as well as reducing tension.

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The Dutch justice system is cutting jail populations by offering specialist rehabilitation to people with mental illnesses

The UK holds the unenviable distinction of having the highest prison population in western Europe. Which is in part why the senior presiding judge for England and Wales, Lord Justice Edis, recently...

Dalton Harrison, 40, says an education in prison gave him 'a purpose and motivation'.

Inmates said they felt unit made them less likely to offend in future

IPP sentences were intended to be for criminals considered to be a high risk, with a total of 8,711 being issued. But, there was no retrospective change for those who had already been sentenced under...

Encouraging signs that the political costs of our addiction to imprisonment may have finally hit home with ministers.

Exclusive: restrictions in England and Wales potentially delaying release of thousands, report says

GENEVA (30 August 2023) – A UN torture expert today called on the UK Government to begin an urgent review of sentences imposed on prisoners held indefinitely under the widely discredited and now...