Poor conditions and a lack of resources won’t stop the Government blaming staff, writes one former prison officer
Prisoners can receive compensation if they are injured and the Prison Service is to blame or if their human rights are breached – Iain Overton reports
“I’ve always known that it was the right thing to do, and paying this price is the right thing to do as well. It had to be done,” one ex-prisoner tells Josiah Mortimer Insulate Britain protesters locked up for defying a judge’s ban from speaking about climate change and fuel poverty have told Byline Times…
An unannounced inspection of a women’s prison raises new concerns about safety across the female estate. Sian Norris reports
With intense scrutiny on the sending of transgender offenders to women’s prisons, Sian Norris reports on the much-ignored safety issue impacting incarcerated women – self harm
Guy Taylor investigates the lack of resources devoted to identifying those with learning disabilities and autism in the process of justice
From dark money think tanks to health privatisation, the influence of the American right on British politics is greater than we think, says Rachel Morris
‘Almost none of us have got justice. The first was Sarah Everard’, said Marcia Rigg, who is part of a new campaign to secure justice for people killed in police custody
Increasing the powers of magistrates will only put more pressure on the already strained crown court, says Gareth Roberts
Byline Times reveals a startling rise in the number of people detained under the Mental Health Act, just as the number of mental health beds owned by private healthcare providers increases
The Justice Secretary used his Conservative Party Conference speech to praise youth services giving troubled young people a second chance, while a decade of austerity left those same young people with few places to turn
The number of prisoners able to access temporary release to go to work – or take a job in prison – has dramatically decreased during the pandemic, and women are disproportionately impacted
A new report reveals how racially minoritised women endure longer sentences and a longer-term impact of imprisonment than their white peers, reports Sian Norris
David Hencke reports on worrying developments in a longstanding issue: how the criminal justice system treats children and young people in offenders’ institutions
Since 1974, Peter Wayne has spent more than 35 years in jail. Two months ago, he was released from a London prison after serving a three-year sentence. During this period, he kept a journal, from which the following extracts are taken
With a brutal report into conditions published by the Chief Inspector of Prisons this week, the CEO of charity Spark Inside – which offers coaching in prisons – considers how Coronavirus restrictions in our jails can be navigated
Another damning parliamentary report reveals the extent to which prisons in England and Wales are not delivering for society
Dr John Ashton, explores the Government’s failure to protect those living and working in environments which are hotbeds for the Coronavirus
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has rightly focused on hospitals and care homes – but hidden hotspots of the virus such as prisons should not be forgotten as we tackle the outbreak.
Duncan Campbell discusses how the words ‘lockdown’ and ‘stir-crazy” were an all too familiar reality for a section of our society long before the Coronavirus pandemic appeared.
Part One of David Hencke’s investigation into the human and financial cost of MP Chris Grayling’s long list of now infamous blunders: first his time as Employment Minister and then Justice Secretary.
Hardeep Matharu meets the charity helping inmates to think about their lives and how to transform them and explores why we can’t wait for the Government to make prisons places of change.
Prisoners, who are particularly vulnerable to neglect and abuse, still have rights, says Nick Hardwick