Published 2nd April 2026 the Health Services Safety Investigations Body released its fourth and final report in its prison healthcare series — and it makes worrying reading. The focus: health needs assessments and disability access for wheelchair users in prison. On health needs assessments, the findings are damning. HNAs are conducted at most every three […]
The HMPPS Finance Manual, and the HMPPS Finance Policy Framework that regulates the circumstances in which it operates, have both just been updated. View the documents and a comprehensive explanation of their operation >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced
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A prison officer has been sentenced after smuggling thousands of drugs and several other contraband into the prison where he worked. Matthew Langdown, 36, of Yate was sentenced to prison along with three other people at Bristol Crown Court. Brian Grady, 39, of no fixed abode, Paul O’Shea, 43 of Wick Road, Bristol and 34-year-old […]
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Savage cuts to prison education hours were well-known – but the real truth was buried in a MOJ spreadsheet issued on 31st March 2026. The cuts are not temporary. They are being locked in. For the full year April 2026 to March 2027, planned education hours across 94 prisons stand at 964,700. Annualise the pre-cut […]
A former prison officer formed a relationship with an ex-inmate but he later repeatedly attacked her in her home. Ex-chef, Scott Norman, 36, of Dale Street, Scunthorpe admitted an offence of intentional strangulation and threatening to damage her bed by burning it. He also admitted two offences of assault causing actual bodily harm and possession of […]
The Prisons Ombudsman (PPO) has published a damning report on Segregation and it makes for shocking reading. Between April 2024 and December 2025, 14 prisoners died while held in segregation. Eight of them were on an open ACCT, the very system designed to protect prisoners at risk of taking their own lives and which again […]
By Mark Leech FRSA, Editor: The Prisons Handbook for England and Wales Prison inspectors have published a new report on gym access in England and Wales. The findings are blunt. For many prisoners, getting to the gym is hit and miss. The report is called Hardly Working Out. It was published by HM Inspectorate of […]
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HM Chief Inspector of Probation has just published the following: An inspection of youth justice work with children and victims in Plymouth Read the Inspection Report >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced