A prisoner fooled staff into thinking he was asleep by putting a pumpkin and a boiler suit stuffed with clothes in his bed – before making a getaway. The man fled from North Sea Camp open prison ...

Boxing legend Frank Bruno visited HMP The Mount to share his story with prisoners during Black History Month. The former world heavyweight champion, 62, also spoke at length about his own mental ...

A 34-year-old man ran a drugs ring from his prison cell, helping to smuggle drugs into HMP Edinburgh where he was detained.

Police have opened an inquiry into social media messages exchanged between staff at Parc prison in south Wales, relating to ...

There were red faces all round at the Scottish Prison Service and Scottish Police Force after a woman was mistakenly sent to a men’s prison for one night. Police said the mistake had arisen ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged in her Autumn Budget to ‘begin to repair the justice system’ as she announced significant real-terms spending increases for the next two years. The Ministry of ...

The crisis in Britain’s prisons featured in the ‘Battle of Ideas’ debates in Church House, Westminster. The two-day ...

Sir John Major has called the UK’s jails “a total and utter disgrace”, saying it is “completely unacceptable” that cells built in Victorian times to hold one prisoner are now holding two. The ...

Governors say some new prison officers aren’t up to the job Some speak little English, others have poor eyesight or hearing ...

One of the pleasures of working for Inside Time is seeing articles and comments sent in by readers. Lack of space prevents us ...

On a beautiful Autumn evening supporters of Children Heard and Seen (CHAS), a charity which supports families with a parent in prison, gathered on the Terrace of the Houses of Parliament to ...

I really don’t want to sound like just another bitter criminal who thinks we have it really bad in prison, as that is not ...