I’m writing in relation to the absurd nature of the phone system that covers the prison estate. Two key points. Firstly, ...

A prisoner who suffered a stroke at HMP Wandsworth was prescribed incorrect and dangerous medication by a doctor and was ...

One of the main criteria for a prison officer should be to be able to remember prisoners’ first names and be polite, decent, ...

Saying that vegans do not get enough iron is a tired old myth. You don’t need to eat meat in order to get iron into your body ...

The number of people in Scotland’s prisons is now higher than before the early release scheme implemented earlier this year.

The Ministry of Justice has announced that it is running a pilot scheme in which people on licence will have to answer to ...

I was amazed to see replies in your Mailbag section to an April Fools’ Day joke about sending Category C prisoners to war in Ukraine (‘Let prisoners fight in Ukraine’, June, and ‘You can’t send me ...

A crisp, clear autumn morning by the seaside. There is scarcely a cloud in the pale blue sky. It’s an almost idyllic scene. Suddenly the peaceful silence is shattered by a loud burst of automatic ...

When I was sentenced, the judge told me that as a transgender woman in a male prison, I would face ‘additional difficulties’ inside. One has to presume, given his job, that these ‘additional ...

I completely agree with Danny Green from Lowdham Grange (‘Exclusions from Early Release’, Mailbags, Aug). The way Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and early release are worked out is all wrong. Each case ...

This morning I had two choices about what to write. I considered covering the change from Shabana Mahmood to David Lammy as Justice Secretary following a Cabinet reshuffle, and talking about the ...

An unlikely row has broken out over the welfare of Bailey, a ‘comfort dog’ being cared for by a prisoner at HMP Magilligan in ...