In this month’s 40 packed pages we lead with the news that more than 5,000 prisoners are to be freed early to ease the prison crisis – in addition to increased disciplinary punishments and maximum awards soon to come into force…

.… plus…

• The final Annual Report of the outgoing Chief Inspector of Prisons
• Cutting youth crime, changing young lives
• Altcourse: Breaking Free Online helps prisoners build brighter futures
• Editor’s Choice
• Should we have confidence in the CCRC being inspected by the CPS?
• Britain’s top forensic scientist: ‘Something went wrong’ in the Lucy Letby trial
• Unlock national ex-offender charity: Getting back to our roots! Contact us we’re here to represent you!
• Rochester: Prison officer spared jail for illicit love affair
• Spotlight on HMP Isle of Wight
• Express Solicitors – Had an injury that wasn’t your fault?
• £6,000 for burns to chest after hot oil spill
• Prison Ombudsman’s latest confirmed deaths in custody
• IPP’s much closer to release than ever before
• Leicester IMB: 38% of men released from the prison are homeless
• Advocates for Justice
• Men jailed for spying for Chinese intelligence in UK
• Isle of Wight: A prison that continues to significantly underperform
• Of the 14,000 new prison places by 2031, none are in the women’s estate
• The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC): IPP sentencing referral
• Wrongly convicted of a crime? Lost your appeal?
• Ranby IMB: New houseblocks delayed until 2027
• Joseph received £52,500 following a near-fatal attack in the shower block
• Six lives, one repealed sentencing regime: The Court of Appeal revisits the IPP era
• Cale Solicitors – ‘Making the system work for you!’
• Category A reviews – the need to detain the most dangerous v the need to make balanced, transparent and effective decisions
• Carringtons Solicitors – The National Prison Law Specialists
• Britain’s top forensic scientist: ‘Something went wrong’ in the Lucy Letby trial
• Unlock – back to our roots! Building hope, challenging barriers
• The Cell Companion 2026!
• Wakefield: Three get whole life for prisoner Kyle Bevan murder
• Matthew Bellusci – Solicitor
• Parole Board launches new video and leaflet for victims
• Official Documents
• Research: Drug Rehabilitation Requirements & testing – what the evidence actually shows
• East Anglian prisons expanded to make streets safer
• 7,300 offenders. Alcohol tags. One World Cup. Here is what the data tells us.
• The Prisons Handbook 2026
• SRA charges two solicitors linked to Post Office scandal
• Without a jury I’d be behind bars, says Post Office victim
• Askham’s Cafe Fairbairn document blunder results in 1-star for food hygiene
• Get the justice you deserve for injuries that weren’t your fault
• Get the best legal team on your side – Have you had an injury that wasn’t your fault?
• Bunk Bed Falls
• Prisoner Attacks
• Officer Assaults
• Slips and Trips
• Broom attack results in £8,000 compensation
• From barracks to wings: Why veterans make great prison officers
• Leeds: Prisoner on remand for murder died of natural causes
• Swansea: Publishes a Families and Significant Others Strategy
• Bure: Actor John Alford cause of death revealed
• Judge rules Scottish guidance for housing trans prisoners is unlawful
• What’s on National Prison Radio? – July 2026
• Serco boss: ‘Yes, I have been beaten up in one of our prisons’
• Why Scotland’s newest prison has colourful walls
• Lowdham IRP: Considerable improvements over the previous year
• What the domestic abuse tag scheme means for you
• Norwich: Prison officer ‘stabbed in neck’
• Reeds Solicitors launches new immigration department established by Nicola Maynard, Partner and Head of Department
• Reeds Solicitors – Specialists in Criminal and Prison Law
• Bristol: Prison officers ‘sat watching TV’ while young inmate took his own life
• Long Lartin: ‘Thoughtful and caring’ officer died after crash with car
• Former officer jailed after lying about speeding
• Slipped or tripped?
• Nicholls & Nicholls – John Turner & Dean Kingham appointed Partners
• Nicholls and Nicholls welcome leading prison law specialists John Turner and Dean Kingham
• Low Newton IMB: ‘Catastrophic’ prison escort issues for women
• Prisons & Probation: King’s Birthday Honours List 2026
• Spotlight on HMP Isle of Wight – ‘Rates of self-harm remained among some of the highest in all prisons…’
• Prison Law Index 2026!
• Wakefield IRP: Reconfiguration of the population to an almost entirely vulnerable cohort
• Express Solicitors is the UK’s best-rated personal injury claimant firm
• Latest prison estate expansion details published
• £35 million to counter the drone threat in English and Welsh prisons
• Exeter: Latest prison information
• Rochester: Prison officer spared jail over illicit relationship
• Should we have confidence in the CCRC being inspected by the CPS?
• Prisonoracle.com – The definitive UK prisons website
• Crime and Policing Act 2026: Overarching factsheet
• Liverpool IRP: Steady progress by the prison’s committed and capable leadership
• Coninghams Solicitors – specialists in judicial review and sentence calculation
• Get the best personal injury team on your side!

This and more in our 40 page July 2026 edition…