OLD AGE… PRISONERS
Annelise2021-01-09T11:48:08+00:00The increase in ageing inmates...The number of prisoners over the age of 50 has almost tripled from statistics of 4,824 in 2002, to reaching records of up to 13,617 in 2019.Numbers [...]
Let’s talk about… HMP Isis
Annelise2021-02-27T11:39:57+00:00HMP Isis is located in Greenwich, London, within the walls of HMP Belmarsh. It is a category C training prison which holds sentenced young adults and young offenders under [...]
HM Prison Lancaster Farms at Christmas
Prisonphone2022-01-06T20:47:25+00:00HM Prison Lancaster Farms is a category C closed prison for adult convicted males. In 2014 it was re-designated a resettlement prison, one of 70 in England and Wales. [...]
What Happened in the Prison System in 2017?
Prisonphone2017-12-30T12:13:57+00:002017 has been a challenging year for the prison system. A series of reports highlighted appalling conditions in jails across England and Wales, with soaring levels of violence, self-harm and [...]
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UK Prison Reform 2016 – Coldingley Prison
Prisonphone2016-06-06T06:50:12+01:00[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Coldingley Prison This year, the government announced that there would be six prisons piloting their prison reform scheme. As part of what has been described as ‘the biggest shake-up [...]
Drugs in UK Prisons – An Insider’s Perspective
Prisonphone2016-06-02T15:11:51+01:00Drugs for tobacco. We regularly talk to inmates in prisons across the UK – to discover what life is really like behind bars. Our team recently spoke to a prisoner [...]
