Five years after an Urgent Notification, inspectors found the Essex prison had cut violence, self-harm and drug use, though health care and time out of cell still fell short.
The research organisation found that around 5,000 people released in the first half of 2026 had no tag, and warned that staff shortages in probation are eroding public trust.
University of Glasgow researchers found that 51 people died in Scottish prisons in 2025, and that 2025 is likely to have brought the highest number of prison suicides on record.
Prisoners on two wings of the Glasgow jail went without running water, flushing toilets and showers for at least a week, prompting a short inspection and renewed warnings about the ageing prison.
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has called for an urgent report on the video call system at HMP Garth after the death of Patrick Clayton.
Hundreds of prison places are unused for lack of staff while the Government releases 4,500 prisoners early to ease the capacity crisis.
A love letter found during a search of her car in the prison car park exposed the officer’s relationship with a man in her care.
Outcomes worsened in three of four areas at the expanded East Midlands training prison. Inspectors found capable leaders, but only two of 15 earlier concerns fully resolved and three self-inflicted deaths since 2023.
The 60-year-old killed Dickiesha Nurse in south London in October 2025, shortly after leaving prison under the early release scheme.
Security staff grew suspicious when the man arrived for a social visit wearing two pairs of trousers. He has received eight months in prison.
