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Long-term prisoners at HMP Swaleside write ‘SHIP Shape’ guide to coping
Men serving long sentences at the Category B jail have created a four-part guide to staying well inside, covering spirit, heart, intellect and physical health.
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Fathers at Louisiana’s Angola prison host first Daddy-Daughter Dance
Twenty-nine men at the maximum-security Louisiana State Penitentiary put on evening dress to dine and dance with their daughters, at an event aimed at rebuilding family ties.
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Prison workshops to make more equipment for the Armed Forces
Prisoners will produce more kit for the Ministry of Defence as the UK raises military spending, while trials at five Category C prisons test a 31-hour working week.
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IMB reform plan withdrawn after National Chair Elisabeth Davies steps down
The Independent Monitoring Boards have pulled a contested plan to limit monitors' visits and complaint work, within a week of their national chair resigning for personal reasons.
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Chief Inspector of Prisons issues Urgent Notification on HMP Swaleside
In December 2025 the Chief Inspector of Prisons invoked the Urgent Notification process at HMP Swaleside, after inspectors rated the prison poor on all four healthy prison tests.
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HMP Doncaster: inspectors call for action on self-harm and homelessness on release
The busy Serco-run reception prison stayed calm and well ordered, inspectors found, but self-harm had risen and one in five men left with nowhere to live.
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HMP Northumberland rated reasonably good across all four tests despite rise in violence
Inspectors found a well-run training prison that had improved education and release planning, but warned that drugs were driving a significant increase in violence between prisoners.
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HMP Feltham B used PAVA spray more than any jail in England and Wales, inspectors say
The first inspection since Feltham B became an adult category C prison found a reinvigorated jail with freer movement, but too little work, widely available drugs and an overwhelmed offender management team.
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Dungavel House IRC keeps good grades, but inspectors find women treated unequally
Scotland's only immigration removal centre scored good on three of four tests, but inspectors said women held there faced restrictions that men did not.
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HMP Leicester: violence highest among reception prisons and activity rated poor
Inspectors found good staff-prisoner relationships and strong resettlement work at the Victorian city-centre jail, but rated purposeful activity poor and safety not sufficiently good.