🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Trauma needs to be released and integrated—not suppressed, as prisoners are often conditioned to do. The very healing practices they need are the same ones weaponised against them by a system that is outdated and lacking true psychological and physiological understanding.

93 per cent of victims of miscarriages of justice are refused compensation for their wrongful conviction. This is an institutional miscarriage of justice, denying victims proper recompense for having their lives ruined. Today, at PMQs, I asked Keir Starmer to put this right 👇🏻

How the Prison Industry became a Booming Business | The social costs will be immense for all of us unless we intervene and dismantle the financial incentives that capitalise on crime and incarceration | Teen Vogue: teenvogue.com/story/private-…

Final residents' appeal against new Chorley jail fails | The four-year battle to block construction of a 1,715-inmate jail ended at the High Court on Monday with a judge’s decision not to grant locals leave to appeal against the controversial development: lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/25218496.…

Prison sentences with no release date branded 'inhumane' 20 years after being introduced | ITV News Wales: itv.com/news/wales/202…

The UK government is pouring billions into building more prisons, yet fails to address the root cause—mental health. With so many imprisoned individuals suffering from mental illnesses, the focus remains on punishment rather than treatment, perpetuating a cycle of harm.

Head of the prison officers’ union: “We should halve the prison population | The Spectator: spectator.co.uk/article/head-o…

Latest on "brand new super prison" HMP Fosse Way: Drugs were too easily available and high levels of violence meant prisoners felt unsafe. The inexperience of staff was evident and junior staff required better support. Waits to access some health care services were too long.

'This is what must happen to sort out UK's prisons' | “Prisons become a public service no one wants to fund. If you’re a politician choosing between a new school or a hospital and a prison, no one chooses the prison.”: express.co.uk/news/uk/206645…

The cost of housing someone with a life sentence for a minimum of 30 years in Britain is about £1.6 million, compared with £360,000 in Albania.

Prisoner transferred to HMP Garth without critical medication, not assessed on arrival, and died two weeks later: lep.co.uk/news/prisoner-…

Probation needs to stop recalling people for minor issues like being late to appointments or other trivial reasons. It's no wonder prisons are overcrowded, with thousands of people inside on unjust recalls. The system should focus on real public safety, not punish minor slip-ups.

Investigations launched after two prisoners die in Strangeways (HMP Manchester): manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

Labour threatens to ban Serco over offender tag blunders | Lord Timpson, the prisons minister, said the global contracting giant could be blocked from future public contracts if there was “another episode of similar poor performance”: telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/1…

The headcount of band 3-5 officers who left HMPPS in the year ending 31 Dec 2024 was 3,078, which is an increase of 34 (1.1%) compared to the year ending 31 Dec 2023. Of the other prison officers who left HMPPS in the year ending 31 Dec 2024, 20.0% were dismissed (up from 15.6%).

Data shows there were 21,145 recorded incidents of drugs being found in jails across England and Wales last year — a 44% increase from the year before.

Ministry of Justice data shows there were 149 incidents in 2024–25 where an ambulance attended a prison for a suspected drug overdose — up from 57 cases in 2022–23.

Our next Spotlights event is on 2 July. We have convened an expert working group to find ways to end the IPP scandal for good. Lord Thomas, a former Lord Chief Justice, will join us online. We hope you will, too: ow.ly/HoCz50W8F56

HMP Elmley latest: Some prisoners were held in unacceptable living conditions; many cells had broken flooring and lacked furniture. New arrivals often got to the prison late, which meant key safety processes were being postponed until the next day.

HMP Garth latest: Not enough progress had been made since the full inspection in 2024. More prisoners had tested positive for drugs, with a huge increase in drones conveying them into the jail, while support for the most vulnerable prisoners had not improved.