Inspectorate says that children in custody are being failed by having to live in establishments dominated by violence, ...

Today’s inspection of HMP Garth, a high security prison in Lancashire, makes clear the ever-increasing threat that drones ...

W hile the total number of people in prison was 1% down on the previous year (largely due to the fact that nearly 15,000 ...

The current pressure on prison places has largely been driven by the significant increase in people receiving long custodial sentences over the last two decades. This growth in the long-term prison ...

Every year the MoJ publishes official statistics on Deaths of offenders in the community for the previous year. Unsurprisingly, this is the statistical bulletin I least look forward to covering but it ...

The changes to the termination of IPP licences are complicated. Read here for where to find help. It has been announced that the changes come into force in two phases, the first on the 1 November 2024 ...

How can the police and wider criminal justice system best balance the potential benefits and risks of using new technologies?

Amongst the most challenging problems faced by the women Hibiscus supports is the difficulty in accessing safe, secure housing that meets their needs and those of their children. Through conversations ...

Last week (17 October 2024) NHS England published its latest survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers ...

Last week (23 October 2024), the Office for National Statistics published the annual drug-deaths statistics. These are officially called Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2023 ...