For three quarters of a century, you graced the world so well In the end you fought the good fight, I imagine it was hell I ...

When I was younger, I kept my hair long to be cool, Now I’m older more for warmth in wintertime. When I was younger, I played the fool, Now I’m older embarrassment is almost a crime. When I was ...

Addiction, it’s just a mere word. You cannot fathom, the hurt, the curse, the cramps, the sickness, the pains all this down ...

My name’s Barry Brown I come from the streets, born straight into a life of crime So is it any wonder jail was on the cards and I’d end up doing time My father was a villain, my mother was ...

The ups, downs, challenges and triumphs of a prison leaver’s journey ‘In you go, in you go… don’t be shy!’ Stan ‘Dandy Liver’ McComb hesitated, right foot on the prison sweatbox step, left hand ...

In each column we bring you the profile of a different member of our therapy animal team and explain how they help in “Unleashing the Healing Power of Animals”. Most of the animals on our team are ...

The power of The Family and Friends Request Show One of the hardest things about prison isn’t the walls, the routines, or even the time itself. It’s the distance. The quiet gap that opens up ...

In a competition for readers, we asked you to tell us about someone who has helped you in prison. Winning entries described ...

A wheelchair-user who was held in a women’s prison a week past her release date and then discharged in the dark, without support or transportation, has been awarded £14,000 compensation. The woman ...

A gang of seven men who used drones to smuggle drugs, weapons and mobile phones into prisons has been jailed.  According to ...

Overcrowding is putting Scottish prisons under “intense and unsustainable pressure”, inspectors have warned in their annual report. At one jail, prisoners even had to sleep on mattresses on the ...

Boys in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) are still not getting enough education and activity, official figures have shown.