In this month’s 40 packed pages we lead with the quashing of six sentences of Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) . .… plus…

Highpoint: Huge blaze, prisoners evacuated, investigation starts
AI search roots out hundreds of rogue Met police officers
Prison Ombudsman’s latest confirmed deaths in custody
Feltham: Child death — deceased boy named by family who want answers
Risley IMB: Very concerned about the service provided by the maintenance contractors Amey
A busy month for Parole Board submissions and NDAs
Lowdham Grange: From private to public
Channings Wood: Prison officer jailed for inappropriate relationship
Aylesbury IMB: More resources needed to tackle the incursion of illicit substances
CCRC refers case of 16-year-old trafficking victim to Appeal Court
Staff corruption: Why can’t HMPPS recruit its way out of it?
Pentonville: An urgent notification that HMPPS actually heard
Security intelligence — fact or unsubstantiated opinion?
Recalled and confused about what to do next?
New York’s new jails boss once served time in a prison he now oversees
Brinsford: New guidance issued for this YOI
Haverigg: The prison that works (and the three things that don’t)
Tagging: Electronic monitoring now at record levels
Official documents — Prison Service Instructions, Prison Service Orders and Policy Frameworks currently in force
Wormwood Scrubs: Drugs down, doors still locked
Competition to counter illegal use of drones around prisons and sensitive sites
Prison officer avoids jail for sexual assaults on staff
Norwich: Purposeful activity ‘not sufficiently good’
Wandsworth: The messy complexities of operating a local prison
Portland: Safety and preparation for release insufficiently good
Unduly lenient — victims and bereaved get more time to challenge sentences
The Cornish prison that conceals a ‘remarkable secret’
Justice Secretary responds to the latest prisoner ‘released in error’ statistics
Guys Marsh IMB: “When will the system for social video calls be fit for purpose?”
Churchwarden found guilty of murder has conviction overturned
Prisons Minister: I can see positives where others can’t
IMB report published: HMP Drake Hall 2024-2025
Recalled? Beware of the ‘MAPPA Trap’
Manchester: Still failing. But not entirely lost.
Abolish prisons: Is it a bonkers fantasy?
Prison-made toy boxes installed at four popular beaches
Police officer jailed for killing woman in crash
Urgent action to rapidly improve HMP Woodhill
Enable: The new anti-corruption training course for prison staff
Spotlight on HMP & YOI Norwich
Inspection of “one in one out” flight finds same failures
La Moye Prison: Expansion “will be crucial”, says annual report
Drug-free prison wings data now unambiguous — but read it carefully
Norwich: Prison officer sentenced for faking suicide records after inmate dies
IMB report published: HMP Garth 2024/25
New law to stop sex offenders from changing their names by deed poll
Appointment of a new Chair to the IAPDC
Why so many people are being recalled to prison
Foston IMB: The complaints system is a cause for complaint
Safety in children’s prisons: What the new figures show
Funeral bosses’ jail sentences to be reviewed
Long-term segregation can be lawful where prisoner refuses to engage
Deaths, self-harm and assaults: The new safety figures
IMB report published: HMP Hindley 2025

This and more in our 40 page May 2026 edition…