The Independent Monitoring Board has published a briefing paper on Mental Health concerns in Women’s prisons in which they said Boards in women’s prisons have repeatedly reported on high levels of mental health need and self-harm incidents. This briefing sets out Board findings from seven women’s prisons between April 2021 to March 2023. Read the […]
Knowsley Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Good’ following an inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation. Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell said: “Knowsley Youth Offending Service is performing well, and this is to the benefit of the children they supervise and for the protection of the local community. They […]
The head of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, Ronnie Armour, is moving jobs as part of a re-organisation taking place within the senior levels of the Northern Ireland civil service. He has been in charge of prisons for six years. It is understood he is set to become the deputy permanent secretary at the Department […]
A bill sponsored by former Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has been read in the House of Commons for the second time, with the aim of cementing the principles of the Victims’ Code in law. The Victims and Prisoners Bill seeks to provide a minimum standard of treatment for prisoners and improve national scrutiny of prisons, […]
A convicted terrorist who planned a massacre at his college with explosives and guns was found stockpiling makeshift weapons in his cell. Liam Lyburd was just a teenager when he was jailed for life in 2015 for planning atrocities aimed at inflicting maximum deaths and casualties among fellow students. But the “highly-intelligent” autistic prisoner was […]
The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP & YOI Aylesbury have published their 2021/2022 annual report in which they said: Main areas for development TO THE MINISTER Deliver a robust, imaginative and flexible new recruitment strategy across the prison estate, backed by the resources needed to increase and sustain higher staffing levels. Despite current uncertainties in […]
Staff at HMP Stoke Heath must be better prepared to deal with medical emergencies after an inmate died in the prison’s yard, a report has found. Abul Kashem Miah died in April last year, three days after suffering a heart attack at the Shropshire jail. A fatal incident report by the prisons ombudsman said staff […]
Changes will be made as a result of the death of a ‘devoted’ dad from Cornwall the day after being sent to HMP Exeter for ‘his safety’ while going through alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Anthon van Der Hoven, who was left battling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and drug and alcohol addiction after serving in the […]
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With top-up packages and two for one deals, flashy advertising and specialised customer services, iSpoof resembled an upmarket technology company. Instead it was an online fraud factory that enabled criminals to masquerade as banks and other legitimate services to fleece tens of thousands of victims out of tens of millions of pounds. Detectives have now […]
This Briefing gives a comprehensive tour of the origins of the IPP sentence and its current scandalous situation. Read the Full Briefing >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced
The government has appealed a decision to reject plans for a new prisoner reform centre to house sex offenders in a town centre, despite a public backlash. Campaigners described the plans for Consett, in County Durham, as “shocking”. Plans to convert the town’s Highfield House to house “at risk” prisoners as part of the Ministry […]