Metal grilles designed to stop drones delivering drugs to HMP Manchester still await planning consent, because of concerns about their effect on the Grade II listed building.
The Prisons and Probation Minister told a live recording of The Secret Life of Prisons at the Clinks conference that he had “severe” concerns about probation’s ability to deliver the Sentencing Act.
The campaign group has launched an exhibition on families affected by IPP sentences and a map showing the constituencies where people serving the sentence live.
Ministers have told the Commons Justice Committee that core education in prisons will shrink by around 20 to 25%, a reduction the committee’s chair called “alarming”.
Six young people achieved a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at HMP Bronzefield in 2024-25, and others are now working towards Bronze and Silver awards inside the prison.
The Scottish Prison Service has awarded Mitie the next prisoner escort and court custody contract, worth an estimated £415 million, starting on 23 January 2027.
The Chief Inspector of Probation said weak information sharing undermined risk management in the region, though its work had improved since a May 2024 inspection.
Michael Tate died in a hospice while still a prisoner after HMP Gartree failed to resubmit his application for early release on compassionate grounds.
Monthly visits in England and Wales fell by a quarter between 2019 and 2024, while phone calls doubled, according to a study of all forms of prisoner contact.
A US sheriff has defended serving isolated prisoners the same meal three times a day, while Irish inspectors praised photographs of countryside fixed to Cork Prison's fences.
