Inspectors found the children's unit near Bridgend had kept up high standards while its population grew, and the Chief Inspector of Prisons held it up as an example to other young offender institutions.
A £35 million package will fund heavy-duty window grilles across prisons in England and Wales, with 17 jails at high risk of drone deliveries first in line.
A Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report into the death of Michael Marsh found the Governor first broke the news to the mother of another prisoner with the same name, and raised concerns about his suicide monitoring.
The Welsh Affairs Committee’s ‘Jagged Justice’ report says prisons and probation in Wales are under strain, and calls for clearer joint working between Westminster and the Welsh Government.
The Independent Monitoring Boards’ 2025 annual report on immigration detention describes routine use of force and isolation, long stays and failing safeguards, as the number of people detained rose by 11 per cent.
The Independent Monitoring Boards say long-standing failures in prisons are getting worse, with drugs, decaying buildings and cuts to activity leaving people in unsafe conditions.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has published his full report on HMP Woodhill, finding little sign of progress since an Urgent Notification placed the jail in special measures.
A follow-up inspection found the high-security prison now holds men convicted of sexual offences in separate units, but progress on most earlier concerns has been limited.
A criminologist told a University of Lancashire event that girls who have been in care are far more likely to receive custodial sentences than girls without care experience.
Declan Moore called the housing situation facing men released from HMP Norwich “dire”, as the prison prepares to open a refurbished wing named after Elizabeth Fry.
