All you need to know about our prisons
A compendium of prison data including information on every establishment in England and Wales.
20th November 2019
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.
A compendium of prison data including information on every establishment in England and Wales.
Guest blog from Harry Annison and Christina Straub on their new report into the impact of having a family member serving an IPP.
@thetartancon guest blogs on Serco’s new prisoner vulnerability prediction tool
New prison safety statistics reveal more than 60,000 incidents of self harm in the year to June 2019.
Most prisons are failing in their duty to ensure that emergency phone lines are in place for families to share urgent concerns about self-harm and suicide risks of relatives in prison
The Justice Committee condemns the lack of a clear reform plan and long-term strategy to reverse the fortunes of the prison system
We know that people from BAME backgrounds are over-represented in our prison population, but why does the ethnic make-up vary so much between different prisons?
An interactive infographic showing the age and capacity of all the prisons in England and Wales.
Social media poll predictably found Chris Grayling was ranked as the least successful Justice Secretary. But who was rated the best?
Children and young people released from young offender institutions are getting too little support in the community and are being “set up to fail”, according to a new report by the Prison and Probation inspectorates.
Joint Committee on Human Rights argues that we should do everything we can to respect the right to family life of children whose mothers are sent to prison.
Chief Exec Martin Jones reports on the Parole Board’s progress in improving the diversity of its members.
