In the early 1990s, while working at the Maudsley Hospital in London, clinical and forensic psychologist Susan Young began to notice a troubling trend. Young people diagnosed with conditions such as ...

Illicit drug use in prisons across England and Wales is causing widespread and growing harm, with knock-on effects for safety, rehabilitation, and NHS costs, a new watchdog report has warned. Around ...

HMP Wandsworth labelled ‘inhumane’ after being found to be most overcrowded prison in UK - The chaos at the south-west London ...

The drugs crisis in English and Welsh prisons has reached “endemic” levels, “fostering a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken”, said the House of Commons Justice Committee. The prison ...

Vulnerable prisoners inside one of the country’s most overcrowded prisons are being put at risk, a watchdog has warned, after 16 self-inflicted deaths in three years. HMP Leeds recorded the highest ...

The world's oldest prison charity says a reformer born 300 years ago would be disappointed by the state of today's jails. The Howard League for Penal Reform was named after John Howard, a former High ...

The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review has proposed the most significant reform of sentencing and punishment in England and Wales since the 1990s. The review, chaired by former ...

An inmate’s reveal about life in prison has gone viral — and some TikTokkers are seemingly into it. In the video, a user named Jodie (@jodieandjail) shared a document about her “basic guide to life” ...

The 52-year-old, who suffered severe brain trauma after he was attacked inside a maximum security prison in England, died on March 7 Press Association via AP Images Convicted Murderer Ian Huntley, who ...