A former inmate’s scheme to reduce reoffending among men released from prison has been remarkably successful. Ken Denton launched the New Wortley Offender Support Team in July last year, working [...]
Levels of violence at HMP Hewell remain unacceptably high, according to a new report. There were 49 fights, 159 assaults on inmates and 47 assaults on staff during the six-month [...]
All too often, prison inspections provide bleak insight into the reality of life behind bars. Drug problems, rising violence, illegal highs, overcrowding – prisons are often hit with negative [...]
Mention Dartmoor Prison, and an image of a stark, forbidding building comes to mind, standing in the midst of endless uninhabited moors. That’s actually not far from the truth. However, [...]
HMP Wakefield, a category A prison in West Yorkshire, is offering a new form of rehabilitation – in the hope that it may address anger issues and help inmates find [...]
According to a recent report, work is well underway on Wrexham’s new super-prison HMP Berwyn; and the establishment is on track to be opened in February 2017. In this [...]
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