UK PRISONS – The drug problem
Annelise 2020-01-21T10:51:53+00:00Since the start of 2020, new survey data has emerged showing that the proportion of UK prisons with a drug problem have more than doubled in the last 5 [...]
The most secure woman’s prison- HMP Low Newton
Annelise 2019-12-16T07:32:48+00:00HMP Low Newton HMP Low Newton is a closed prison, located in Brasside, near Durham, for female prisoners and young offenders.. It is located next to HMP Frankland, a category A male [...]
Britain’s Ten Worst Prisons- 7 Months On
Prisonphone 2019-04-10T05:05:23+01:00So, seven months in are there any signs of progress? Stewart believes there are. In August 2018, Rory Stewart, Prisons Minister made a [...]
Should Inmates be Given a Christmas Dinner?
Prisonphone 2016-12-12T16:04:56+00:00In the past, the UK media has expressed outrage about Christmas meals in prison. Newspaper reports highlighted the ‘lavish’ meals being given to ‘some of the country’s most dangerous inmates’; [...]
Measures Taken to Stop Radicalisation in UK Prisons
Prisonphone 2016-08-29T12:24:49+01:00This month, the government revealed plans to tackle the growing issue of radicalisation behind bars. The country’s most dangerous Islamist extremists will now be imprisoned in a ‘prison within [...]
How are Prisons Coping with Extremist Terrorism?
Prisonphone 2016-07-25T11:42:21+01:00Rows of prison cells, prison interior. A major review has recently been released, calling for the government to address the problem of extremism in prisons across the [...]
