I have just completed the Building Choices Plus programme here at HMP Wayland. The Plus programme offers neurodiversity needs. I have got to say that before I did the course, I did not understand ...

Since I transferred to HMP Wakefield, the prison has stopped us from buying frozen food from DHL. The wing kitchens on all ...

I write regarding the conditions that VPs (Vulnerable Prisoners) are subjected to here at Wandsworth. We are treated as an ...

Carl Phillips is spot-on. I’m still on the induction block after 14 weeks, though loads of prisoners who arrived after me ...

It seems that ever since musical artists like Stormzy and Aitch came along, grime, drill and street music have had a dramatic ...

I want to comment on how homophobic this prison is. Homophobic behaviour is not challenged by any of the staff, who stand and ...

Justice Secretary David Lammy has announced the launch of an independent review of the prison system to assess the long-term ...

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has recently referred another ‘Imprisonment for Public Protection’ (IPP) case to ...

In our annual competition, readers were set the task of writing a short story of no more than 500 words. Entries were judged ...

The BAFTA award-winning BBC drama on life in prison, ‘Time,’ has a third series under production. The first covered the men’s ...

Two men’s prisons in England have called in specialist teams to tackle infestations of bed bugs in cells. At HMP Holme House ...

The door hits the frame with a heavy-metal ‘thud’, I’m mapping out the maples and the smell of summer mud. I’m building up a ...