Unlocking Potential

  Inspectors questioning whether cells are safe for human habitation looks like a new low for the prison system. In truth there are many est...

  Complaints about food are “a constant refrain” when Monitors visit HMP Warren Hill in Suffolk according to a Report out today. Prisoners ...

    The Howard League  deserve credit for persuading five retired senior Judges to argue publicly that the sentence inflation which has brou...

  As wide-ranging collective failures to prioritise fire safety are laid bare in the report into the Grenfell Tower tragedy, what’s being do...

  While the capacity crisis has been most acute in men’s prisons, it’s having a negative impact on women too. The local watchdog at Downview...

  One of the most troubling findings in today’s Independent Monitoring Report (IMB) on HMP Lowdham Grange is the huge increase in cell fire...

  Not surprisingly, we’re seeing a plethora of proposals for new Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood about how to solve the prison crisis. If ...