Fathers jailed in Scotland are being allowed to play with their children and enjoy family meals together in what is being described as a world-first programme. The ‘Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids’ scheme ...

Yoga and meditation classes run by The Prison Phoenix Trust (PPT) are being offered to men held at Maidstone foreign ...

Week after week, reports written by Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor or by the Independent Monitoring Boards stress the vulnerability of prisons to drugs or even weapons being brought in, ...

This painting of actor Johnny Depp features in a book of artworks by a former prisoner released last month. Court Painter to the Counter Culture, by Sean Bw Parker, includes portraits of the writers ...

It looks like a standard prison cell – but this is actually a room in a university building, designed to teach students about the realities of life behind bars. This mock cell, called PriSim, was ...

Inside Time Exclusive The Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending has admitted that he has no idea how to ...

A cellblock with some of the best-quality prison accommodation in Scotland has lain empty for a decade whilst other jails in the country have struggled with overcrowding. HMP Grampian, in Peterhead, ...

Scottish prisons are failing to provide sufficient nutritious food for inmates, a watchdog’s report has warned. Stephen Sandham, Acting Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, said in his mid-year ...