Ernest Drucker (1940-2025) was a public health researcher who believed that punishment does not – and could never – solve ...

I am writing in response to your article about prisoners with cancer (‘A deadly diagnosis’, Feb 2025), which I found very ...

The UK’s newest jail, HMP Millsike (pictured), had a ceremonial opening on 27 March in advance of its first batch of 200 ...

Women in prison will be given access to hairdryers, hair straighteners and salons in a drive to reduce levels of self-harm.

Have you notice how quick people in authority are to assign negative labels to us? They normally take the form of ‘He or she is from such-and-such a background’. They are such-and-such a colour ...

A watchdog has criticised prisons for having different rules on what possessions are allowed – making things unfair for people who move between establishments. Adrian Usher, the Prisons and ...

I made a terrible mistake and feel I should apologise. It not only caused controversy but also cost the country a lot of money. In 2022, on 1 April (note the relevance of ...