Christopher Walton, 67, did not receive treatment of the standard expected in the community before he died in February 2025, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman found.
Three prisoners awaiting trial resumed eating on 14 January, saying a key demand had been met after Elbit Systems UK failed to win a Government contract.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons found that governors who made reading a priority had created thriving libraries and schemes. But too many jails still fall short, it warned.
A City Hall inquiry into employment after prison says the flat-rate grant fails to reflect the cost of living in the capital, and calls for more money for prison education.
The Scottish Prison Service has fitted the devices in a handful of cells at the young offender institution, following a recommendation from a Fatal Accident Inquiry.
Government figures show 11 of 34 Parole Board recommendations for IPP prisoners were overruled in early 2025, nearly double the rejection rate for life-sentenced prisoners.
MPs will examine violence, education and mental health care across the youth secure estate, and are inviting evidence from the public and from people in prison.
The Prison Service published a 21-point plan for the Kent jail on 14 January, a month after the Chief Inspector of Prisons issued an Urgent Notification.
The Chief Inspector of Probation, the probation officers’ union and penal reform charities have backed the Government’s decision to drop plans to publicise people sentenced to unpaid work.
Ministers have accepted a House of Lords amendment that removes a Sentencing Bill clause designed to publicise people sentenced to unpaid work in the community.
