Here you can find over 750 posts tracking every major development in our prisons since 2011. You can read prison safety statistics, find out about prison reform plans and (often lack of progress), positive developments and abject failures. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.
The latest (December 2024) official data projects that the prison population will increase to between 95,700 and 105,200 by March 2029, with a central estimate of 100,800.
National Audit Office report finds that the prison expansion plan was unrealistic and will cost at least 80% (£4.2bn) more
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman launches new IPCI Ambassador scheme to improve prisoner complaints process
New report from Independent Monitoring Boards is a graphic illustration of the human cost of a crumbling prison estate.
MoJ research on the effective delivery of peer mentoring in men’s prisons
The Sentencing Academy conducted a survey of public knowledge and attitudes to prison. Here’s what people think…
Interesting facts and figures from the 2023/24 MoJ Annual Report and Accounts
Inspectorate says that children in custody are being failed by having to live in establishments dominated by violence, disorder and lack of education.
Prison Reform Trust report on the challenge of maintaining relationships for people serving long prison sentences.
Today’s inspection of HMP Garth, a high security prison in Lancashire, makes clear the ever-increasing threat that drones pose to prison security.
Latest Offender Management Statistics show how pressure on our prison system keeps mounting
Review into sentencing led by former Lord Chancellor David Gauke “to end prison crisis”.
