The Ministry of Justice has published its annual costs per prisoner figures for 2024–25, revealing that the overall average cost of holding a prisoner in England and Wales has risen to £56,618 per year — up from £53,801 the previous year, an increase of £2,817 or 5.2 per cent. The figures, published today (26 March […]
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A major new impact evaluation of Integrated Offender Management (IOM) — the programme that places the most prolific neighbourhood offenders under joint supervision by police and probation — has been published by the Ministry of Justice. The findings are nuanced, and for anyone who has been through the system, they will ring true in ways […]
The independent body that sets prison pay has recommended a 3.5% increase for all operational staff from April 2026 — less than last year’s 4% award and below the rate of inflation when the round began. Prison officers, support grades and operational managers across England and Wales are set to receive a 3.5% consolidated, pensionable […]
Ahmed Ali Alid, 47, is accused of the attempted murder of Roderic Vassie in an incident at HMP Full Sutton on August 8 last year. Westminster Magistrates Court heard Alid, a Moroccan national, is accused of having a knife and using it to “slice” the top of Mr Vassie’s head before attempting to stab him […]
Parliament is today (26th March 2026) debating whether all prison officers in England and Wales should be issued mandatory body armour — a campaign that began with one stabbed officer’s refusal to wait for a fatality. Claire Lewis, a former officer at HMP Frankland in County Durham, was stabbed in the back with a broken […]
A former prison officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct following a secret fling with a prisoner. Jade Morris, 36, from Herefordshire, was discovered to be having a relationship with Jerome Nunes, 35, after a banned mobile phone was flung out of a prison window in October 2022. Evidence later revealed the pair had been communicating […]
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An inmate has been charged with the attempted murder of a prison officer. Ahmed Ali Alid is also charged with ABH and possessing an offensive weapon. The 47-year-old Moroccan has been charged after prison staff were left injured. The incidents occurred at HMP Full Sutton on August 8, last year, and at HMP Wakefield on […]
Prisons could run out of space again as ministers admit that work has yet to restart on a dozen jails that was derailed by the collapse of a construction firm 18 months ago. Plans to build 3,500 extra cells in 11 prisons and a new jail in Buckinghamshire have been put on hold since ISG […]
A new pain-free technique for restraining prisoners is being introduced across Scotland’s jails. The method removes the use of pain-inducing holds, such as bending back an inmate’s wrists, and is designed to keep them on their feet, instead of forcing them to the floor. It has been developed in response to human rights legislation and […]