Prison
Addressing the human impact of prison overcrowding
The Independent Monitoring Board’s annual report addresses the human impact of prison overcrowding.
19th June 2025
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The Independent Monitoring Board’s annual report addresses the human impact of prison overcrowding.
Public Accounts Committee report on Prison Estate Capacity says the justice system faces total gridlock in 2026
National Audit Office report finds that the prison expansion plan was unrealistic and will cost at least 80% (£4.2bn) more
Howard League briefing argues for a new, clear strategy on our Victorian prisons
The number of early releases between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083
As police custody suites are once again used to hold people in prison, we analyse the reasons for our prison overcrowding crisis.
Justice Secretary announces early release and restrictions on short sentences to tackle prisons crisis
Prison capacity crisis is a perfect storm – a surge of prisoners and nowhere to put them.
Two thirds of English and Welsh prison are overcrowded, yet we only come 93rd in the list of the world’s most overcrowded prison systems.
National Offender Management Service has published its annual report and accounts for 2014/15. What does it tell us?
