Sharp increase in prisoners using toilet in front of other cellmates
Problem worst in the two women's prisons as well as Mountjoy and Cork jails
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Problem worst in the two women's prisons as well as Mountjoy and Cork jails
It's time to reexamine our assumptions about prisons and punishment.
Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s review of controversial measures for the early release of thousands of prisoners to free up space in jails There is something deeply incongruous...
The Marshall Project surveyed people in federal facilities for advice about the complaint process — and how to fix it.
C.J. Ciaramella discusses 250 years of prison reform, the crisis facing state prisons, and whether America can build a more humane system.
Prof Ian Pickup on prison education, Henry Rossi on resentencing IPP prisoners, Andrew RC McLellan on earlier release and Dr Rod Earle on a lesson from 1930s Red ViennaThe independ...
A strange trip through the U.S. prison system's never-ending cycle of failure and reform
In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity.
Low staff morale, no onsite drug testing for years and filthy uninhabitable parts of the jail are among the issues a new report has identified at the Spring Hill Correctional Facil...
There are unofficial rules in every prison and jail. Here’s what you need to know before you go in.
Former prison governor Judith Feline on the reality of our overcrowded prisons and Peter Walker on why it’s causing a headache for Andy BurnhamAt the last count, two weeks ago, the...
According to Wisconsin Department of Corrections statistics, the state’s prison population hit a new record high last week. As of Aug. 28, there were 23,854 people housed across ad...
Independent Monitoring Boards 2025 report highlights persisting issues in the Oxfordshire facility.
The pressures facing the prison service Scotland are not unique by any means, but they are particularly acute
Wisconsin’s prison population broke records this week with 23,854 behind bars. It’s a new milestone for a system that has been thousands of people over capacity for decades.
Prisons are a liberal idea which only work in a conservative country. If you don't have strong moral rules, strong families and tough authority figures everywhere, prison will not...
Prisoners in federal facilities must file most grievances with the guards — a system they say exposes them to retaliation, including physical abuse.
Sorry state of our prisons is entirely self inflicted
Exclusive: Ministers explore diverting male prisoners serving short terms or on remand away from tougher jailsMinisters are examining a possible upgrade of security at men’s catego...
Whatever happens to the early release scheme, Andy Burnham needs to consider the possibility that sentences are just too highPrisons in England and Wales are full because sentences...
As an inmate pen pal, I communicate with several younger incarcerated men in hopes of encouraging better choices, personal growth and successful reintegration after release. That e...
Bridget Phillipson says government would not have to consider releasing prisoners early if Tories had created more capacityCells to hold newly arrested people could run out without...
The bail system in Ireland is "operating in an opaque, haphazard manner" which risks eroding the rights to liberty and to a fair trial, the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has said...
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