Food Behind Bars
Annelise 2020-03-17T22:24:20+00:00Who are they? Food Behind Bars was launched by ex-journalist Lucy Vincent in 2016 as the UK’s national campaign to improve prison food. We believe that food has the [...]
Coronavirus hits UK Prison!
Annelise 2020-02-12T14:54:13+00:00In the headlines this morning (12th February 2020) information has been released from HMP Bullingdon, in Oxfordshire, stating that one inmate has been quarantined and is undergoing testing for [...]
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’; [...]
