United Kingdom: England & Wales
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UK : Edmund Clark’s immersive study of prison life goes on show at the Ikon Gallery
“We are a faceless, forgotten part of society,” says one of the inmates at HMP Grendon, where Edmund Clark has been artist-in-residence for the last three years; his work at the prison is now going on show in Birmingham.UK: Stafford prison report reveals oldest inmate is over 100
AROUND 40 inmates at Stafford Prison are being held past their release date, an annual report has revealed. The affected prisoners are being held on Indefinite Protection of the Public (IPP) status, which applied to around 50 inmates – 6.7 per cent of the Stafford Prison population – the Independen…UK: violence, debt and lockdowns
It is the powder wreaking havoc inside Teesside’s biggest prison. Spice has been blamed for Holme House Prison wardens “dropping like flies” after inhaling it. A 5.6kg smuggled spice stash - worth an estimated £200,000 - was found in cells last month, stuffed in cappuccino, Oats-so-Simple and Weeta…United Kingdom: new probation services failing to improve re-offending rates, report finds
A key plank of controversial probation reforms shows no sign of improving re-offending rates and could be ditched immediately with little impact being felt, a highly critical report concludes. So-called Through the Gate services were introduced as part of a partial privatisation in 2015 to bridge t…United Kingdom: ex-prisoners will receive support to start their own businesses with a new fund
James Furber, the high sheriff of Greater London, has thrown his weight behind a new fund that aims to help people leaving prison become entrepreneurs. The programme will provide inmates with peer and professional mentors who will assist them with business planning and personal development.United Kingdom: 'buried alive': the old men stuck in Britain’s prisons
Dave was 13 when he got his first custodial sentence. It was 1962 and he had been caught stealing from cars. That sentence was followed by others: he can’t quite remember how many. Gamely, he tried to count them: “I think it was 14 or 15,” he finally offered. He wasn’t always put away – at least se…United Kingdom: youth prison deemed 'unsafe' less than two years after staff accused of physical abusing children
A youth prison that came under fire last year after allegations that staff had physically abused young offenders has been rated inadequate by inspectors. Medway Secure Training Centre, which was previously run by G4S but was taken over by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) last July, h…United Kingdom: deferred sentences – used again but not used enough
News this month of two cases where Judges have used deferred sentences for a few months in relation to women offenders is nothing compared to the Oklahoma women whose sentence was deferred for 10 years after she killed her boyfriend by running him over. She was only 19 and his father spoke in her s…